Mertensia
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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 arizonica – Aspen Bluebells
- Mertensia bella – Beautiful Bluebells
- Mertensia ciliata – Mountain Bell
- Mertensia drummondii – Drummond's Bluebell
- Mertensia echioides – Chinese Bluebell
- Mertensia franciscana – San Francisco Peak's Bluebells
- Mertensia lanceolata – Prairie bluebell
- Mertensia longiflora – Longflower Bluebell
- Mertensia macdougalii – Macdougal's Bluebells
- Mertensia maritima – Oysterplant, Sea Bluebell
- Mertensia oblongifolia – Oblongleaf Bluebells
- Mertensia paniculata – Tall Bluebell or Northern Bluebell
- Mertensia sibirica (L.) G. Don – Japanese Bluebells
- Mertensia virginica – Virginia Bluebell
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