PLANTS Profile for Mertensia lanceolata (prairie bluebells)

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PLANTS Profile

Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC.
prairie bluebells

Symbol:

MELA3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Boraginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC.

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Images:
Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC.

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Distribution:
Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CO, MT, ND, NE, NM, SD, UT, WY), CAN (AB, MB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC.

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 18 species in Mertensia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Mertensia lanceolata var. brachyloba
prairie bluebells

Mertensia lanceolata var. coriacea
prairie bluebells

Mertensia lanceolata var. lanceolata
prairie bluebells

Mertensia lanceolata var. secundorum
prairie bluebells

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC.

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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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31681.

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

Time Generated: 09/21/2008 06:57 AM MDT