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Mertensia Roth.
Bluebells Lungwort
Mertensia, Biota of North America Program (query database) [BONAP]
Mertensia, Den Virtuella Floran [DVF]
 Mertensia (Boraginaceae) ; [GNSP]

Foodplants for Gnophaela latipennis


[sp-1.jpg] 700x948 (~82Kb) USA: Glacier Basin Path (near parking place), Mt. Rainier, Pierce Co., WA, 21.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela
Mertensia sp. det. Doug Goldenberg 		[sp-2a.jpg] 1000x861 (~95Kb) USA: West Fork of Miller River (~ 47.6°N 121.4°W), King Co., WA, 24.7.2005, Photo © Markku Savela [sp-2b.jpg] 1000x919 (~142Kb) USA: West Fork of Miller River (~ 47.6°N 121.4°W), King Co., WA, 24.7.2005, Photo © Markku Savela

The exact identification of these species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.


Mertensia alpina (Torr.) Don
Alpine Bluebells
Mertensia alpina ; [FPN, 395]
Mertensia arizonica Greene
Aspen Bluebells
Mertensia arizonica var. grahamii Williams
Mertensia arizonica var. leonardii (Rydb.); Johnston
Mertensia arizonica var. subnuda (Macbr.); Williams
Mertensia arizonica ; [BONAP]
Mertensia bella Piper
Oregon Bluebells Oregon Lungwort
Mertensia bella ; [FPN, 394]
Mertensia brevistyla Wats.
Short-style Bluebells
Mertensia brevistyla ; [BONAP]
Mertensia campanulata Nels.
Idaho Bluebells
Mertensia campanulata ; [FPN, 394]
Mertensia ciliata (Torr.) Don
Tall Fringe Bluebells Ciliate Bluebells Broad-leaf Bluebells
Mertensia ciliata ; [FPN, 394]
M. c. var. ciliata
Mertensia ciliata var. latiloba Williams
Mertensia ciliata var. subpubescens (Rydb.); Macbr. & Payson
Pulmonaria ciliata James ex Torr.
Mertensia ciliata var. ciliata ; [BONAP]
M. c. var. stomatechoides (Kellogg) Jepson
Mertensia ciliata var. stomatechoides ; [BONAP]
Mertensia drummondii (Lehm.) Don
Drummond's Bluebells
Mertensia drummondii ; [BONAP]
Mertensia franciscana Heller
Franciscan Bluebells
Mertensia franciscana ; [BONAP]
Mertensia humilis Rydb.
Rocky Mountain Bluebells
Mertensia humilis ; [BONAP]
Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC.
Prairie Bluebells
Mertensia lanceolata ; [BONAP]
M. l. var. lanceolata
Mertensia linearis Greene
Mertensia lanceolata var. lanceolata ; [BONAP]
M. l. var. brachyloba (Greene) Nels.
Mertensia lanceolata var. brachyloba ; [BONAP]
M. l. var. coriacea (Nels.) Higgins & Welsh
Mertensia viridis var. dilata (Nels.); Williams
Mertensia lanceolata var. coriacea ; [BONAP]
Mertensia viridis var. dilata ; Williams, [BONAP]
M. l. var. nivalis (Wats.) Higgins

Mertensia bakeri Greene
Mertensia bakeri var. osterhoutii Williams
Mertensia lanceolata var. fendleri (Gray); Gray
Mertensia lanceolata var. pubens (Macbr.); Williams
Mertensia paniculata var. nivalis Wats.
 ?Mertensia viridis var. caelestina (Nels. & Cockerell); Williams
?Mertensia viridis var. cana (Rydb.); Williams
?Mertensia viridis var. cynoglossoides (Greene); Macbr.
?Mertensia viridis var. parvifolia Williams
Mertensia lanceolata var. nivalis ; [BONAP]
M. l. var. secundorum Cockerell
Mertensia lanceolata var. secundorum ; [BONAP]
Mertensia perplexa Rydb.
Obscure Bluebells
Mertensia perplexa ; [FPN, 395]
Mertensia viridis Nels.
Mertensia lanceolata var. viridis Nels.
Mertensia viridis ; [FPN, 395]
Mertensia longiflora Greene
Trumpet Bluebells Small Bluebells Long-flowered Bluebells
Mertensia longiflora ; [FPN, 395]
[longiflora-1.jpg] 1300x948 (~179Kb) USA: Green Caynon (~ 47.17°N 120.64W), Kittitas Co., WA, 23.3.2005, Photo © Markku Savela [longiflora-1x.jpg] 900x1250 (~140Kb) USA: Green Caynon (~ 47.17°N 120.64W), Kittitas Co., WA, 23.3.2005, Photo © Markku Savela

Mertensia macdougalii Heller
Macdougal's Bluebells
Mertensia macdougalii ; [BONAP]
Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray
Oysterleaf
Mertensia maritima ; [BONAP]; [GMBOT, 685]
[maritima-1.jpg] 1305x979 (~159Kb) Norway, Skibotn, 29.7.2004, Photo © Harri Arkkio

M. m. var. maritima
Pneumaria maritima (L.); Hill
Mertensia maritima var. maritima ; [BONAP]
M. m. var. asiatica (Takeda) Welsh
Mertensia maritima ssp. asiatica Takeda
Mertensia maritima var. asiatica ; [BONAP]
Mertensia oblongifolia (Nutt.) Don
Languid-lady
Mertensia cusickii Piper
Mertensia fusiformis Greene
Mertensia oblongifolia var. amoena (Nels.); Williams
 Mertensia oblongifolia var. nevadensis (Nels.); Williams
Mertensia oreophila Williams
Mertensia toiyabensis Macbr.
Mertensia oblongifolia ; [FPN, 395]
Mertensia paniculata (Ait.) Don
Tall Bluebells
Mertensia paniculata ; [FPN, 394]; [GMBOT, 685]
M. p. var. paniculata
Mertensia palmeri Nels. & J.F. Macbr.
Mertensia pilosa (Cham.); DC.
Mertensia paniculata var. paniculata ; [FPN, 394]
M. p. var. borealis (Macbr.) Williams
Mertensia paniculata var. borealis ; [FPN, 395]
M. p. var. alaskana (Britt.) Williams
Mertensia alaskana Britt.
Mertensia paniculata var. alaskana ; [BONAP]
M. p. var. eastwoodiae (Macbr.) Hultén
Mertensia eastwoodiae Macbr.
Mertensia paniculata ssp. eastwoodiae (Macbr.); Welsh
Mertensia platyphylla Heller
Broad-leaved Bluebells Western Bluebells
Mertensia platyphylla ; [FPN, 395]
M. p. var. subcordata (Greene) Williams
Mertensia paniculata var. subcordata (Greene); Macbr.
Mertensia platyphylla var. subcordata ; [BONAP]
Mertensia umbratilis Greenm.
Shade Bluebells
Mertensia umbratilis ; [BONAP]
Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link
Virginia Bluebells Virginian Cowslip
Mertensia virginica ; [BONAP]; [GMBOT, 685]

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References:
[BONAP]
A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; A data base interface; BONAP U.S. Checklist - 1998; Provided by TAMU-BWG; Texas A & M Bioinformatics Working Group; Based on; Biota of North America Program
[DVF]
Den Virtuella floran; http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/welcome.html; Ett projekt vid Naturhistoriska riksmuseet (Stockholm, Sweden).; Even for non-Swedish speaker, the distribution maps on species are nice (map buttons "Norden" and "Norra halvklotet")
[FPN]
Hitchcock & Cronquist, 1998; Flora of the Pacific Northwest (11th ed.); ISBN 0-295-95273-3
[GMBOT]
Robinson, Benjamin, Fernald, Lyndon, 1908; Gray's New Manual of Botany (7th edition); A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Central and Northeastern United States and adjacent Canada; American Book Company
[GNSP]
Wielgorskaya, 1995; Dictionary of generic names of seed plants
[Harri Arkkio]
Finland; For the time being these pictures are only for this site. Other usage not allowed.

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