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Mertensia virginica, DC. (M. pulmonarioides, Roth). Virginian  Cowslip. Bluebells. Fig. 2363. Vol. Ill, pl. LIII. Very smooth and glabrous, 1-2 ft.: lvs. obovate or oblong, or the lowest large, rounded and long stalked; veins conspicuous: fls. at length more nodding than shown in Fig. 2363. Spring. N. Y. and westward to S. C. and Tenn., usually inhabiting low or moist grounds. B.M. 160 (as Pulmonaria). Gn. 23, p. 463, and 32, p. 173. J.H. III. 43:210. G. 6:115. Gn.M. 15:306. V. 3:181; 7:244; 11:180; 12:140. Mn. 4:33. Var. rubra, Hort., has pink-colored fls.
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Mertensia virginica, DC. (M. pulmonarioides, Roth). Virginian  Cowslip. Bluebells. Very smooth and glabrous, 1-2 ft.: lvs. obovate or oblong, or the lowest large, rounded and long stalked; veins conspicuous: fls. at length more nodding. Spring. N. Y. and westward to S. C. and Tenn., usually inhabiting low or moist grounds. Var. rubra, Hort., has pink-colored fls.
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Latest revision as of 18:53, 5 January 2010


Mertensia virginica


Plant Characteristics
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Boraginaceae >

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virginica >


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Read about Virginia Bluebell in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Mertensia virginica, DC. (M. pulmonarioides, Roth). Virginian Cowslip. Bluebells. Very smooth and glabrous, 1-2 ft.: lvs. obovate or oblong, or the lowest large, rounded and long stalked; veins conspicuous: fls. at length more nodding. Spring. N. Y. and westward to S. C. and Tenn., usually inhabiting low or moist grounds. Var. rubra, Hort., has pink-colored fls.


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