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Mertensia
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Mertensia is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family Boraginaceae. They are perennial herbaceous plants with blue or sometimes white flowers that open from pink-tinged buds. Such a change in flower color is common in Boraginaceae and is caused by changes in soil pH. Mertensia is one of several plants that are commonly called "bluebell". In spite of their common name, the flowers are usually salverform (trumpet-shaped) rather than campanulate (bell-shaped).
Mertensia is native to most of North America and to a large part of Asia from western China to northeastern Russia. Its center of diversity is in the Rocky Mountains. Mertensia is mostly restricted to alpine, subalpine, and montane habitats.
Beautiful bluebells · Tall fringed bluebells · Rocky Mountain bluebells · Prairie bluebells · Small bluebells · Oysterleaf · Oblongleaf bluebells · Tall bluebells · Siberian Bluebells · Virginia bluebells
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