- plant , ▁p ig gy back ▁plant , ▁and ▁thousand ▁moth ers . ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁per enn ial ▁plant ▁native ▁to ▁the ▁West ▁Coast ▁of ▁North ▁America , ▁occurr ing ▁in ▁northern ▁California , ▁Oregon , ▁Washington , ▁British ▁Columbia ▁and ▁southern ▁Al aska . ▁It ▁occurs ▁as ▁a ▁natural ised ▁plant ▁or ▁garden ▁escape ▁in ▁Scotland , ▁parts ▁of ▁Wales , ▁Northern ▁Ireland ▁and ▁northern ▁and ▁western ▁parts ▁of ▁England . ▁ ▁Description ▁ ▁Tol m ie a ▁men z ies ii ▁has ▁hair y , ▁five ▁to ▁seven - lob ed , ▁to oth ed ▁leaves ▁and ▁a ▁caps ule ▁fruit ▁containing ▁sp iny ▁se eds ▁ ▁It ▁be ars ▁many ▁small ▁flowers ▁in ▁a ▁loose ▁rac eme . ▁Each ▁flower ▁consists ▁of ▁a ▁tub ular ▁pur ple - green ▁to ▁brown - green ▁cal y x ▁and ▁four ▁linear ▁or ▁sub ulate ▁( aw l - sh aped ) ▁red - b rown ▁pet als , ▁about ▁twice ▁the ▁length ▁of ▁the ▁sep als . ▁ ▁It ▁has ▁unusual ▁re product ive ▁hab its . ▁It ▁grows ▁plant lets ▁from ▁the ▁pet io le ▁near ▁the ▁base ▁of ▁each ▁leaf . ▁The ▁plant lets ▁drop ▁off , ▁fall ▁in ▁the ▁soil , ▁and ▁take ▁root ▁there . ▁It ▁will ▁also ▁reproduce ▁by ▁rh iz om es ▁and ▁by ▁se eds . ▁ ▁Tax onomy ▁The ▁genus ▁was ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁Scottish - Can ad ian ▁botan ist ▁William ▁F ras er ▁Tol m ie , ▁while ▁the ▁species