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Mertensia

Plants

Family: Boraginaceae

56 species in the Library

About

Mertensia is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family Boraginaceae. They are perennial herbaceous plants with blue or sometimes white flowers that open from pink-tinged buds. Such a change in flower color is common in Boraginaceae and is caused by changes in soil pH. Mertensia is one of several plants that are commonly called "bluebell". In spite of their common name, the flowers are usually salverform (trumpet-shaped) rather than campanulate (bell-shaped).

Summary from Wikipedia

Mertensia arizonica

Mertensia arizonica

Mertensia bakeri

Mertensia bakeri

Mertensia bella

Mertensia bella

Mertensia brachycalyx

Mertensia brachycalyx

Mertensia brachyloba

Mertensia brachyloba

Mertensia brevistyla

Mertensia brevistyla

Mertensia campanulata

Mertensia campanulata

Mertensia cana

Mertensia cana

Mertensia ciliata

Mertensia ciliata

Mertensia coronata

Mertensia coronata

Mertensia cusickii

Mertensia cusickii

Mertensia cynoglossoides

Mertensia cynoglossoides

Mertensia davurica

Mertensia davurica

Mertensia eastwoodae

Mertensia eastwoodae

Mertensia eastwoodiae

Mertensia eastwoodiae

Mertensia fendleri

Mertensia fendleri

Mertensia franciscana

Mertensia franciscana

Mertensia grahamii

Mertensia grahamii

Mertensia humilis

Mertensia humilis

Mertensia kamczatica

Mertensia kamczatica

Mertensia lanceolata

Mertensia lanceolata

Mertensia lateriflora

Mertensia lateriflora

Mertensia lineariloba

Mertensia lineariloba

Mertensia longiflora

Mertensia longiflora

Mertensia longifolia

Mertensia longifolia

Mertensia longipedunculata

Mertensia longipedunculata

Mertensia macdougalii

Mertensia macdougalii

Mertensia maritima

Mertensia maritima

Mertensia mexicana

Mertensia mexicana

Mertensia meyeriana

Mertensia meyeriana

Mertensia nevadensis

Mertensia nevadensis

Mertensia nivalis

Mertensia nivalis

Mertensia oblongifolia

Mertensia oblongifolia

Mertensia oreophila

Mertensia oreophila

Mertensia ovata

Mertensia ovata

Mertensia ovum

Mertensia ovum

Mertensia pallasii

Mertensia pallasii

Mertensia paniculata

Mertensia paniculata

Mertensia parvifolia

Mertensia parvifolia

Mertensia platyphylla

Mertensia platyphylla

Mertensia praecox

Mertensia praecox

Mertensia pratensis

Mertensia pratensis

Mertensia pterocarpa

Mertensia pterocarpa

Mertensia rivularis

Mertensia rivularis

Mertensia serrulata

Mertensia serrulata

Mertensia sibirica

Mertensia sibirica

Mertensia simplicissima

Mertensia simplicissima

Mertensia sinica

Mertensia sinica

Mertensia stylosa

Mertensia stylosa

Mertensia subcordata

Mertensia subcordata

Mertensia tarbagataica

Mertensia tarbagataica

Mertensia tweedyi

Mertensia tweedyi

Mertensia umbratilis

Mertensia umbratilis

Mertensia virginica

Mertensia virginica

Mertensia viridis

Mertensia viridis

Mertensia yezoensis

Mertensia yezoensis