PLANTS Profile for Mertensia brevistyla (shortstyle bluebells)

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PLANTS Profile

Mertensia brevistyla S. Watson
shortstyle bluebells

Symbol:

MEBR

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Boraginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Mertensia brevistyla S. Watson

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Distribution:
Mertensia brevistyla S. Watson


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Related Taxa:
Mertensia brevistyla S. Watson

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 18 species in Mertensia

Classification:
Mertensia brevistyla S. Watson

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Lamiales
Family	Boraginaceae – Borage family
Genus	Mertensia Roth – bluebells
Species	Mertensia brevistyla S. Watson – shortstyle bluebells

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Mertensia brevistyla S. Watson

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31676.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 10:17 AM CDT