PLANTS Profile for Mertensia lanceolata var. lanceolata (prairie bluebells)

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PLANTS Profile

Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC. var. lanceolata
prairie bluebells

Symbol:

MELAL2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Boraginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC. var. lanceolata

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Synonyms:
Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC. var. lanceolata

MELI9

Mertensia linearis Greene

Distribution:
Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC. var. lanceolata


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USA (CO, MT, ND, NE, NM, SD, WY), CAN (AB, MB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC. var. lanceolata

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 18 species in Mertensia, 4 varieties in Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC.

Classification:
Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC. var. lanceolata

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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 lanceolata (Pursh) DC. – prairie bluebells
Variety	Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC. var. lanceolata – prairie bluebells

More Accounts and Images:
Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC. var. lanceolata

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 529162.

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 06:45 AM CDT