Mertensia longiflora
| Mertensia longiflora | |
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| Mertensia longiflora near Cashmere, Douglas County Washington | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Mertensia |
| Species: | M. longiflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Mertensia longiflora Greene, 1898
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Mertensia longiflora on Badger Mountain, Douglas County Washington
Mertensia longiflora is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common names small bluebells and long bluebells.
Distribution[]
It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Montana, where it grows in several types of habitat.
Description[]
It is a perennial herb producing an erect stem from a branching caudex, approaching 40 centimeters in maximum height. There are a few oval to lance-shaped leaves.
The inflorescence is a dense, often crowded cluster of hanging tubular flowers with expanded, bell-like mouths. They are generally bright blue, but may be lavender to pinkish to nearly white, and measure up to 2.5 centimeters long.
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Categories:
- Mertensia
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of California
- Flora of British Columbia
- Flora of the Great Basin
- Flora of Idaho
- Flora of Montana
- Flora of Oregon
- Asterid stubs