PLANTS Profile for Mertensia arizonica (aspen bluebells)

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PLANTS Profile

Mertensia arizonica Greene
aspen bluebells

Symbol:

MEAR6

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Boraginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Forb/herb

L48

More Information:

Images:
Mertensia arizonica Greene

Synonyms:
Mertensia arizonica Greene

	MEARG3	Mertensia arizonica Greene var. grahamii L.O. Williams
	MEARL	Mertensia arizonica Greene var. leonardii (Rydb.) I.M. Johnst.
	MEARS	Mertensia arizonica Greene var. subnuda (J.F. Macbr.) L.O. Williams

Distribution:
Mertensia arizonica Greene


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Related Taxa:
Mertensia arizonica Greene

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 18 species in Mertensia

Classification:
Mertensia arizonica 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 arizonica Greene – aspen bluebells

More Accounts and Images:
Mertensia arizonica Greene

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31666.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 10:26 PM CDT