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Small bluebells

Mertensia longiflora

Also called Large Flowered Bluebells, Long Flowered Bluebells, Long Flowered Lungwort, Long Flowered Mertensia, Trumpet Bluebells, Long Bluebells, Longflower Bluebells

Small bluebells
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
W. Canada to W. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Mertensia longiflora is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common names small bluebells and long bluebells.

Where it grows

Long bluebells are native to western Canada and the western United States. In Canada it grows in Alberta and British Columbia. In the US it grows in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, California, and Nevada.

Other Mertensia plants

Beautiful bluebells · Tall fringed bluebells · Rocky Mountain bluebells · Prairie bluebells · Oysterleaf · Oblongleaf bluebells · Tall bluebells · Siberian Bluebells · Virginia bluebells · Bluebells

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mertensia longiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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