PLANTS Profile for Mertensia maritima var. maritima (oysterleaf)

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Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray var. maritima
oysterleaf

Symbol:

MEMAM

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Boraginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		N

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Line Drawing of Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray var. maritima

Pneumaria maritima

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 82. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray var. maritima

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Synonyms:
Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray var. maritima

PNMA

Pneumaria maritima (L.) Hill

Distribution:
Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray var. maritima


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, MA, ME, NH), CAN (BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, QC, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray var. maritima

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 18 species in Mertensia, 2 varieties in Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray

Classification:
Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray var. maritima

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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 maritima (L.) Gray – oysterleaf
Variety	Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray var. maritima – oysterleaf

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray var. maritima

The related entities italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Massachusetts:
Mertensia maritima
oysterleaf		Endangered
New Hampshire:
Mertensia maritima
oyster plant		Endangered

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 maritima (L.) Gray var. maritima

Mertensia maritima:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FACW

FACW

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray var. maritima

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31662.

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

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 01:20 PM CDT