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Mertensia

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Mertensia
Mertensia echioides
Mertensia echioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Mertensia
Species

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Mertensia is also a community in Farmington, New York.

Mertensia is a genus of plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. There are about 40 species in the genus. This is one of several different plants that are commonly called Bluebell.

Species

About 40 species, including:

  • Mertensia arizonica: Aspen Bluebells[1]
  • Mertensia bella
  • Mertensia ciliata: Mountain Bell
  • Mertensia drummondii: Drummond's Bluebell
  • Mertensia lanceolata: Prairie bluebell
  • Mertensia longiflora: Longflower Bluebell
  • Mertensia maritima: Oyster Plant, Oysterleaf, or Sea Bluebell
  • Mertensia oblongifolia
  • Mertensia paniculata: Tall Bluebell
  • Mertensia virginica: Virginia Bluebell

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