Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Mertensia

Family:

Boraginaceae

Subfamily:

Cynoglossoideae

Tribe:

Asperugeae

Nomen number:

410978

Place of publication:

Handbuch 1:580. 1831

Verified:

05/26/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Mertensia pulmonarioides Roth

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Reference(s)

Bennett, M. 2003. Pulmonarias and the Borage family 134.
Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Jones, G. N. & G. D. Fuller. 1955. Vascular plants of Illinois.
Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. Note: lists as Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers.
Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: lists as Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers.
Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource).
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.

Common names

English
bluebells –
Roanoke-bells –
Virginia bluebells –
Virginia cowslip –
French
mertensia de Virginie –
German
virginisches Blauglöckchen –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Ontario
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Québec
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Illinois
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Kansas
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Minnesota
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Missouri
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Wisconsin
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Indiana
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Michigan
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Jersey
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New York
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Ohio
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Pennsylvania
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	West Virginia
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Alabama
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Arkansas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maryland
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina	n.-c.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Tennessee
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia
2	Cultivated					also cult.

Native
Northern America

EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec, Ontario]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina (n.-c.), Virginia, Tennessee]

Cultivated (also cult.)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental	fide Zander ed14; Pulmonaria 135, as M. pulmonarioides	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Medicines	folklore		McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.

Taxon: Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link