PLANTS Profile for Mertensia virginica (Virginia bluebells)

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Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link
Virginia bluebells

Symbol:

MEVI3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Boraginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link

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Distribution:
Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WI, WV), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 18 species in Mertensia

Classification:
Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link

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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 virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link – Virginia bluebells

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link

This plant is 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.

Michigan:
Virginia bluebells		Threatened
New York:
Virginia bluebells		Exploitably Vulnerable

Wetland Indicator Status:
Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link

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+

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link

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 31673.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

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).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/21/2008 10:21 PM MDT