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Mertensia arizonica
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).
- Family
- Boraginaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Mertensia arizonica
- Slug
- mertensia-arizonica
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Mertensia
- Species
- arizonica
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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