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Taxon:  Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray



Summary
Genus:
Mertensia
Family:
Boraginaceae
Subfamily:
Cynoglossoideae
Tribe:
Asperugeae
Nomen number:
24111
Place of publication:
Nat. arr. Brit. pl. 2:354. 1822 ("1821")
Comment:
according to J. L. Reveal (pers. comm. via e-mail on 1 May 2010) publication of this book took place on 10 Jan 1822, not 1 Nov 1821 as indicated in TL-2
Verified:
09/07/1995 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
Basionym
Pulmonaria maritima L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pneumaria maritima (L.) Hill

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Mertensia simplicissima G. Don
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Bennett, M. 2003. Pulmonarias and the Borage family 131.
  3. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  4. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  5. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  6. Kartesz, J. T. 2011. North American plant atlas. The Biota of North America Program (BONAP)
  7. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  8. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  9. Porsild, A. E. & W. J. Cody. 1980. Vascular plants of continental Northwest Territories, Canada
  10. Rønning, O. I. 1996. The flora of Svalbard.
  11. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2.
  12. 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Common names
English
northern shorewort –
oysterplant –
sea-bugloss –
sea-lungwort –
seaside smooth-gromwell –
French
pulmonaire de virginie –
sanguine de mer –
German
Austernpflanze –
Mertensie –
Japanese Rōmaji
hama-benkei-sō –
Swedish
ostronört –
Transliterated Russian
mertenziya morskaya –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHokkaidô 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationKurile Islands 
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationSakhalin 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationTaymyr 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationYamal Nenets 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeFaroe Islands  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeIceland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeIreland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeSvalbard and Jan Mayen  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaNew Brunswick 
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaNewfoundland and Labrador 
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaNova Scotia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaOntario 
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaPrince Edward Island 
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaQuébec 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMaine 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMassachusetts 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew Hampshire 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSubarctic AmericaCanadaNorthwest Territories 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSubarctic AmericaGreenland  
1NativeNorthern AmericaSubarctic AmericaUnited StatesAlaska 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaBritish Columbia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaManitoba 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaNunavut 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Taymyr, Yamal Nenets]
  • RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Kurile Islands, Sakhalin]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan [Hokkaidô, Honshu]
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Faroe Islands, United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part]
Northern America
  • SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada [Northwest Territories], Greenland, United States [Alaska]
  • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec]
  • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [British Columbia, Manitoba, Nunavut]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamentalfide Pulmonaria 132.Bennett, M. 2003. Pulmonarias and the Borage family 131.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=24111. Accessed 10 May 2025.