Mertensia
For the comb jelly, see Mertensia ovum.
Mertensia | |
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Mertensia virginica (type species) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | incertae sedis |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Subfamily: | Boraginoideae |
Genus: | Mertensia Roth |
Type species | |
Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link | |
Species | |
Mertensia is a genus of about 40 species of perennial herbaceous plants with bell-shaped blue flowers opening from pink-tinged buds. This is one of several plants commonly called bluebell.
The genus is named after the German botanist Franz Carl Mertens.
Species
There are about 40 species, including:
- Mertensia alpina – alpine bluebells
- Mertensia bella – beautiful bluebells
- Mertensia brevistyla – short-styled bluebell
- Mertensia ciliata – mountain bell
- Mertensia franciscana – Franciscan bluebells
- Mertensia lanceolata – prairie bluebells
- Mertensia longiflora – long bluebell
- Mertensia maritima – oysterplant, sea bluebell
- Mertensia oblongifolia – oblongleaf bluebells
- Mertensia paniculata – tall bluebell or northern bluebell
- Mertensia virginica – Virginia bluebells
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alpine bluebells (Mertensia alpina)
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Mertensia arizonica
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Mertensia brevistyla
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Mountain bell (Mertensia ciliata)
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Franciscan bluebells (Mertensia franciscana)
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Prairie bluebells (Mertensia lanceolata)
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Long bluebell (Mertensia longiflora)
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Oysterplant (Mertensia maritima)
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Oblongleaf bluebells (Mertensia oblongifolia)
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Tall bluebells (Mertensia paniculata)
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- USDA Plants Profile
- GRIN Database: M. sibirica
Data related to Mertensia at Wikispecies
Media related to Mertensia at Wikimedia Commons