PLANTS Profile for Mertensia ciliata (tall fringed bluebells)

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Mertensia ciliata (James ex Torr.) G. Don
tall fringed bluebells

Symbol:

MECI3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Boraginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Mertensia ciliata (James ex Torr.) G. Don

Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Mertensia ciliata (James ex Torr.) G. Don

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Distribution:
Mertensia ciliata (James ex Torr.) G. Don


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WY)

Related Taxa:
Mertensia ciliata (James ex Torr.) G. Don

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 18 species in Mertensia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Mertensia ciliata (James ex Torr.) G. Don var. ciliata. . Image Available.

Mertensia ciliata var. ciliata
tall fringed bluebells

Distribution of Mertensia ciliata (James ex Torr.) G. Don var. stomatechoides (Kellogg) Jeps.. .

Mertensia ciliata var. stomatechoides
tall fringed bluebells

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Mertensia ciliata (James ex Torr.) G. Don

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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 ciliata (James ex Torr.) G. Don – tall fringed bluebells

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Mertensia ciliata (James ex Torr.) G. Don

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW,OBL

FACW

FACW+

OBL

FACW+

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Mertensia ciliata (James ex Torr.) G. Don

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31668.

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

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

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