Mertensia

Mertensia
For the comb jelly, see Mertensia ovum.
Mertensia
Mertensia echioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Boraginaceae
Subfamily: Boraginoideae
Genus: Mertensia
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Species

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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

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