PLANTS Profile for Mertensia longiflora (small bluebells)

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PLANTS Profile

Mertensia longiflora Greene
small bluebells

Symbol:

MELO4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Boraginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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©Susan McDougall. Trees Live Here. United States, WA, Klickitat County, Durr Road. May 5, 2006. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Mertensia longiflora Greene

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Distribution:
Mertensia longiflora Greene


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USA (CA, ID, MT, NV, OR, WA), CAN (AB, BC)

Related Taxa:
Mertensia longiflora Greene

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 18 species in Mertensia

Classification:
Mertensia longiflora Greene

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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 longiflora Greene – small bluebells

More Accounts and Images:
Mertensia longiflora Greene

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31671.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 05:03 PM CDT