Mertensia

The botanical name for Virginia bluebells.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers shaped like funnels
  Synonym: genus Mertensia

Mertensia
Mertensia echioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: incertae sedis Family: Boraginaceae Genus: Mertensia
Species
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Mertensia is also a community in Farmington, New York.

Mertensia is a genus of plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. There are about 40 species in the genus. This is one of several different plants that are commonly called Bluebell.

Species

About 40 species, including:

Mertensia arizonica: Aspen Bluebells[1] Mertensia bella Mertensia ciliata: Mountain Bell Mertensia drummondii: Drummond's Bluebell Mertensia lanceolata: Prairie bluebell Mertensia longiflora: Longflower Bluebell Mertensia maritima: Oyster Plant, Oysterleaf, or Sea Bluebell Mertensia oblongifolia Mertensia paniculata: Tall Bluebell Mertensia virginica: Virginia Bluebell

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