Mertensia alpina

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Read about Mertensia alpina in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Mertensia alpina, Don. Mostly smooth and somewhat glaucous but sometimes pubescent, only a few inches high: leaves oblong, spatulate or lanceolate, somewhat obtuse, the cauline sessile: flowers blue, crowded, corolla 1/3– ¼ inches long, the tube rarely exceeding the corolla limb and equally or slightly exceeding the lanceolate calyx-lobes; anthers nearly sessile. Subalpine places in the Rocky Mountains. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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