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Mertensia oblongifolia (Nutt.) G. Don
oblongleaf bluebells
       
Symbol:   MEOB  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Boraginaceae  
Duration:   Annual
Perennial 		 
Growth Habit:   Forb/herb  
Native Status:  
L48    N



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Synonyms:
Mertensia oblongifolia (Nutt.) G. Don

  MEBA Mertensia bakeri Greene  
  MEBAO Mertensia bakeri Greene var. osterhoutii L.O. Williams  
  MECU Mertensia cusickii Piper  
  MEFU2 Mertensia fusiformis Greene  
  MELAF Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC. var. fendleri (A. Gray) A. Gray  
  MELAN4 Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC. var. nivalis (S. Watson) Higgins  
  MELAP2 Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC. var. pubens (J.F. Macbr.) L.O. Williams  
  MELAV2 Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC. var. viridis A. Nelson  
  MEOBA Mertensia oblongifolia (Nutt.) G. Don var. amoena (A. Nelson) L.O. Williams  
  MEOBN Mertensia oblongifolia (Nutt.) G. Don var. nevadensis (A. Nelson) L.O. Williams  
  MEOBO2 Mertensia oblongifolia (Nutt.) G. Don var. oblongifolia   sagebrush bluebells
  MEOR5 Mertensia oreophila L.O. Williams  
  MEPAN Mertensia paniculata (Aiton) G. Don var. nivalis S. Watson  
  MEPE5 Mertensia perplexa Rydb.  
  METO5 Mertensia toiyabensis J.F. Macbr.  
  MEVI4 Mertensia viridis (A. Nelson) A. Nelson  
  MEVIC2 Mertensia viridis (A. Nelson) A. Nelson var. caelestina (A. Nelson & Cockerell) L.O. Williams  
  MEVIC Mertensia viridis (A. Nelson) A. Nelson var. cana (Rydb.) L.O. Williams  
  MEVIC3 Mertensia viridis (A. Nelson) A. Nelson var. cynoglossoides (Greene) J.F. Macbr.  
  MEVIP Mertensia viridis (A. Nelson) A. Nelson var. parvifolia L.O. Williams  
 

Distribution:
Mertensia oblongifolia (Nutt.) G. Don

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Related Taxa:
Mertensia oblongifolia (Nutt.) G. Don

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 18 species in Mertensia
 

Classification:
Mertensia oblongifolia (Nutt.) 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 oblongifolia (Nutt.) G. Don – oblongleaf bluebells
 

More Accounts and Images:
Mertensia oblongifolia (Nutt.) G. Don

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31683.

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 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

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