Mertensia bella Calflora

Taxon Report 5451

Mertensia bella Piper

Beautiful bluebells, Oregon lungwort

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

CNPS Rare Plant Rank: 2B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere). 8th Edition


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Family:	BORAGINACEAE
Genus:	Mertensia

Communities: Red Fir Forest, wetland-riparian

Wetlands: Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands

Habitat: meadows

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + PLANTS

More information about Mertensia bella


	Nursery / seed vendor availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Landscaping information from Calscape Photos on Google Images	Jepson eFlora Records from the Consortium of California Herbaria ITIS Original Publication citation USDA PLANTS Profile (MEBE)	Search the International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) website references from Google
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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]. 2019. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: Jan 19, 2019).