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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Boraginales? order assignment uncertain
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Mertensia virginica
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mertensia virginica
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-10-001:
Mertensia virginica
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Bluebells, Virginia Cowslip
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_mertensia_virginica_6
March
Calyx 5-parted, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm0404e_07
April Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves pale green, elliptic to obovate or oblanceolate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm080421_048
April Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Style filiform, long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_mertensia_virginica
April
Terminal clusters of pink buds unfold into porcelain-blue long-necked bells, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
Steve Marlow snm090405_006
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
Flowers ~ 1" long, tubular, abruptly enlarged into a cup w 5 shallow lobes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Tim Spira tpsmvirginica
April
The flowers are pink at first, then blue, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm160502_085
May Macon County NC
Highlands Biological Station
Basal lvs long-petiolate, upper& middle cauline lvs short-petiolate to sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.