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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Boraginaceae
Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link
eastern bluebells, Virginia bluebells, Virginia cowslip
Mertensia: named after German botanist Franz K. Mertens (1764-1831)
virginica: of Virginia
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 12"-26" tall forb, leafy; stems fleshy |
| Flower: | blue to pink (occasionally white), 5-parted, 3/4"-1" long, trumpet-shaped, nodding; inflorescence a small, branched cluster (cyme) at the end of the stems on a hairless stalk; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | nutlet, often wrinkled |
| Leaf: | alternate, hairless, upper leaves with rounded tips and usually stalkless |
| Habitat: | moist to wet; woods |
| (Glossary) |
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