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Mertensia paniculata (tall bluebells)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Mertensia paniculata, also known as the tall lungwort, tall bluebells, or northern bluebells, is an herb or dwarf shrub with drooping bright-blue, bell-shaped flowers. It is native to northwestern North America and the Great Lakes.
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Infraspecies

Mertensia paniculata var. alaskana (Alaska tall bluebells)
Mertensia paniculata var. borealis (Northern bluebells)
Mertensia paniculata var. eastwoodiae (Eastwood's bluebells)
Mertensia paniculata var. paniculata

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [3]  Shrub
Height [2]  30 inches (0.75 m)
Width [2]  24 inches (0.6 m)
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Protected Areas

Predators

Gnophaela latipennis[4]
Gnophaela vermiculata (Police-Car Moth)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0