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Mertensia longiflora (longflower bluebell; small bluebells)

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Wikipedia Abstract

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

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]  Herb
Height [2]  14 inches (0.35 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Mertensia longiflora

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kootenay National Park II 341762 British Columbia, Canada
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area V 103172 Washington, United States

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 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
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