Calflora: Mertensia oblongifolia

Taxon Report 5456

Mertensia oblongifolia (Nutt.) G. Don

Oblongleaf bluebells, Sagebrush bluebells

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Mertensia oblongifolia, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.


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Plant Characteristics
and Associations

Bloom Period

Family:	BORAGINACEAE
Genus:	Mertensia
Subspecies and Varieties:
Mertensia oblongifolia var. amoena Mertensia oblongifolia var. nevadensis Mertensia oblongifolia var. oblongifolia

Communities:

Sagebrush Scrub, Northern Juniper Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest

Distribution by County

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Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Alternate Names:
(according to)

PLANTS:	Mertensia bakeri var. osterhoutii
PLANTS:	Mertensia oreophila
PLANTS:	Mertensia paniculata var. nivalis
PLANTS:	Mertensia perplexa
PLANTS:	Mertensia toiyabensis
PLANTS:	Mertensia viridis var. caelestina
PLANTS:	Mertensia viridis var. cana
PLANTS:	Mertensia viridis var. cynoglossoides
PLANTS:	Mertensia viridis var. parvifolia
PLANTS:	Mertensia oblongifolia var. oblongifolia
PLANTS:	Mertensia oblongifolia var. nevadensis
PLANTS:	Mertensia bakeri
PLANTS:	Mertensia cusickii
PLANTS:	Mertensia fusiformis
PLANTS:	Mertensia lanceolata var. fendleri
PLANTS:	Mertensia lanceolata var. nivalis
PLANTS:	Mertensia lanceolata var. pubens
PLANTS:	Mertensia lanceolata var. viridis
PLANTS:	Mertensia oblongifolia var. amoena
PLANTS:	Mertensia viridis

More information about Mertensia oblongifolia


	Location Suitability Nursery / seed vendor availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Landscaping information from Calscape Photos on CalPhotos / Google Images		Jepson eFlora Records from the Consortium of California Herbaria Original Publication citation (ITIS) USDA PLANTS Profile (MEOB)		Search the International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center website references from Google

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation,
with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria.
[web application]. 2017. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization].
Available: http://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: Jul 14, 2017).

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