Life Plants Magnoliophyta Magnoliophytina Magnoliopsida Boraginaceae

Foodplants for Dysstroma citrata, Gnophaela latipennis

700x948 (~82Kb) USA: Glacier Basin Path (near parking place), Mt. Rainier, Pierce Co., WA, 21.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela Mertensia sp. det. Doug Goldenberg

1000x861 (~95Kb) USA: West Fork of Miller River (~ 47.6°N 121.4°W), King Co., WA, 24.7.2005, Photo © Markku Savela

1000x919 (~142Kb) USA: West Fork of Miller River (~ 47.6°N 121.4°W), King Co., WA, 24.7.2005, Photo © Markku Savela

The exact identification of these species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

• Mertensia alpina (Torr.) Don Alpine Bluebells

  • Mertensia alpina (Torr.) Don

  • Mertensia alpina; [FPN], 395
• Mertensia arizonica Greene Aspen Bluebells

  • Mertensia arizonica var. grahamii Williams
  • Mertensia arizonica var. leonardii (Rydb.) Johnston
  • Mertensia arizonica var. subnuda (Macbr.) Williams

  • Mertensia arizonica; [BONAP]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
  • Mertensia arizonica Greene;
  • Mertensia grahamii; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
• Mertensia bella Piper Oregon Lungwort Oregon Bluebells

  • Mertensia bella; [FPN], 394; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
  • Mertensia bella Piper;
• Mertensia brevistyla Wats. Short-style Bluebells

  • Mertensia brevistyla; [BONAP]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
  • Mertensia brevistyla Wats.;
• Mertensia campanulata Nels. Idaho Bluebells

  • Mertensia campanulata; [FPN], 394; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
  • Mertensia campanulata Nels.;
• Mertensia ciliata (Torr.) Don Tall Fringe Bluebells Ciliate Bluebells Broad-leaf Bluebells

  • Mertensia ciliata (Torr.) Don

  • Mertensia ciliata; [FPN], 394; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
  • var. ciliata

    • Mertensia ciliata var. latiloba Williams
    • Mertensia ciliata var. subpubescens (Rydb.) Macbr. & Payson
    • Pulmonaria ciliata James ex Torr.

    • Mertensia ciliata ciliata; [iNaturalist]
    • Mertensia ciliata var. ciliata; [POWO]
    • Mertensia ciliata var. ciliata; [BONAP]
  • var. stomatechoides (Kellogg) Jepson

    • Mertensia stomatechoides (Kellogg) Jepson

    • Mertensia ciliata stomatechoides; [iNaturalist]
    • Mertensia ciliata var. stomatechoides; [CoL] ; [POWO]
    • Mertensia ciliata var. stomatechoides; [BONAP]
• Mertensia drummondii (Lehm.) Don Drummond's Bluebells

  • Mertensia drummondii (Lehm.) Don

  • Mertensia drummondii; [BONAP]
  • Mertensia sibirica drummondii; [iNaturalist]
  • Mertensia sibirica var. drummondii; [CoL] ; [POWO]
• Mertensia franciscana Heller Franciscan Bluebells

  • Mertensia franciscana; [BONAP]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
  • Mertensia franciscana Heller;
• Mertensia humilis Rydb. Rocky Mountain Bluebells

  • Mertensia humilis; [BONAP]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
  • Mertensia humilis Rydb.;
• Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC. Prairie Bluebells

  • Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC.

  • Mertensia lanceolata; [BONAP]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
  • var. lanceolata

    • Mertensia linearis Greene

    • Mertensia lanceolata lanceolata; [iNaturalist]
    • Mertensia lanceolata var. lanceolata; [POWO]
    • Mertensia lanceolata var. lanceolata; [BONAP]
  • var. brachyloba (Greene) Nels.

    • Mertensia brachyloba (Greene) Nels.

    • Mertensia brachyloba; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
    • Mertensia lanceolata var. brachyloba; [BONAP]
  • var. coriacea (Nels.) Higgins & Welsh

    • Mertensia coriacea (Nels.) Higgins & Welsh
    • Mertensia dilata (Nels.) Williams

    • Mertensia lanceolata coriacea; [iNaturalist]
    • Mertensia lanceolata var. coriacea; [CoL] ; [POWO]
    • Mertensia lanceolata var. coriacea; [BONAP]
    • Mertensia viridis var. dilata; [BONAP]
  • var. nivalis (Wats.) Higgins

    • Mertensia nivalis (Wats.) Higgins
    • Mertensia bakeri Greene
    • Mertensia bakeri var. osterhoutii Williams
    • Mertensia lanceolata var. fendleri (Gray) Gray
    • Mertensia lanceolata var. pubens (Macbr.) Williams
    • Mertensia paniculata var. nivalis Wats.
    • ?Mertensia viridis var. caelestina (Nels. & Cockerell) Williams
    • ?Mertensia viridis var. cana (Rydb.) Williams
    • ?Mertensia viridis var. cynoglossoides (Greene) Macbr.
    • ?Mertensia viridis var. parvifolia Williams

    • Mertensia bakeri; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
    • Mertensia cana; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
    • Mertensia cynoglossoides; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
    • Mertensia fendleri; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
    • Mertensia lanceolata var. nivalis; [BONAP]
    • Mertensia nivalis; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
    • Mertensia ovata caelestina; [iNaturalist]
    • Mertensia ovata var. caelestina; [CoL] ; [POWO]
    • Mertensia parvifolia; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
  • var. secundorum Cockerell

    • Mertensia lanceolata secundorum; [iNaturalist]
    • Mertensia lanceolata var. secundorum; [CoL] ; [POWO]
    • Mertensia lanceolata var. secundorum; [BONAP]
    • Mertensia secundorum Cockerell;
• Mertensia perplexa Rydb. Obscure Bluebells

  • Mertensia perplexa; [FPN], 395
  • Mertensia perplexa Rydb.;
• Mertensia viridis Nels.

  • Mertensia lanceolata var. viridis Nels.

  • Mertensia viridis; [FPN], 395; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
  • Mertensia viridis Nels.;
• Mertensia longiflora Greene Small Bluebells Trumpet Bluebells Long-flowered Bluebells

  • Mertensia longiflora; [FPN], 395; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
  • Mertensia longiflora Greene;

  1300x948 (~179Kb) USA: Green Caynon (~ 47.17°N 120.64W), Kittitas Co., WA, 23.3.2005, Photo © Markku Savela

  900x1250 (~140Kb) USA: Green Caynon (~ 47.17°N 120.64W), Kittitas Co., WA, 23.3.2005, Photo © Markku Savela

• Mertensia macdougalii Heller Macdougal's Bluebells

  • Mertensia macdougalii; [BONAP]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
  • Mertensia macdougalii Heller;
• Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray Oysterleaf

  • Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray

  • Mertensia maritima czukotica; [iNaturalist]
  • Mertensia maritima subsp. czukotica; [CoL] ; [POWO]
  • Mertensia maritima subsp. tenella; [CoL]
  • Mertensia maritima; [BONAP]; [GMBOT], 685; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]

  1305x979 (~159Kb) Norway, Skibotn, 29.7.2004, Photo © Harri Arkkio

  • var. maritima

    • Pneumaria maritima (L.) Hill

    • Mertensia maritima maritima; [iNaturalist]
    • Mertensia maritima subsp. maritima; [CoL] ; [POWO]
    • Mertensia maritima var. maritima; [BONAP]
  • var. asiatica (Takeda) Welsh

    • Mertensia asiatica (Takeda) Welsh
    • Mertensia maritima ssp. asiatica Takeda

    • Mertensia maritima var. asiatica; [BONAP]
• Mertensia oblongifolia (Nutt.) Don Languid-lady

  • Mertensia oblongifolia (Nutt.) Don
  • Mertensia cusickii Piper
  • Mertensia fusiformis Greene
  • Mertensia oblongifolia var. amoena (Nels.) Williams
  • Mertensia oblongifolia var. nevadensis (Nels.) Williams
  • Mertensia oreophila Williams
  • Mertensia toiyabensis Macbr.

  • Mertensia cusickii; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
  • Mertensia nevadensis; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
  • Mertensia oblongifolia; [FPN], 395; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
  • Mertensia oreophila; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
• Mertensia paniculata (Ait.) Don Tall Bluebells

  • Mertensia paniculata (Ait.) Don

  • Mertensia paniculata; [FPN], 394; [GMBOT], 685; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
  • var. paniculata

    • Mertensia palmeri Nels. & J.F. Macbr.
    • Mertensia pilosa (Cham.) DC.

    • Mertensia paniculata paniculata; [iNaturalist]
    • Mertensia paniculata var. paniculata; [POWO]
    • Mertensia paniculata var. paniculata; [FPN], 394
  • var. borealis (Macbr.) Williams

    • Mertensia borealis (Macbr.) Williams

    • Mertensia paniculata borealis; [iNaturalist]
    • Mertensia paniculata var. borealis; [CoL] ; [POWO]
    • Mertensia paniculata var. borealis; [FPN], 395
  • var. alaskana (Britt.) Williams

    • Mertensia alaskana (Britt.) Williams
    • Mertensia alaskana Britt.

    • Mertensia paniculata alaskana; [iNaturalist]
    • Mertensia paniculata var. alaskana; [CoL] ; [POWO]
    • Mertensia paniculata var. alaskana; [BONAP]
  • var. eastwoodiae (Macbr.) Hultén

    • Mertensia eastwoodiae Macbr.
    • Mertensia paniculata ssp. eastwoodiae (Macbr.) Welsh

    • Mertensia eastwoodiae; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
• Mertensia platyphylla Heller Western Bluebells Broad-leaved Bluebells

  • Mertensia platyphylla; [FPN], 395; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
  • Mertensia platyphylla Heller;
  • var. subcordata (Greene) Williams

    • Mertensia subcordata (Greene) Williams
    • Mertensia paniculata var. subcordata (Greene) Macbr.

    • Mertensia platyphylla var. subcordata; [BONAP]
    • Mertensia subcordata; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
• Mertensia umbratilis Greenm. Shade Bluebells

  • Mertensia umbratilis; [BONAP]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]
  • Mertensia umbratilis Greenm.;
• Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link Virginia Bluebells Virginian Cowslip

  • Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link

  • Mertensia virginica; [BONAP]; [GMBOT], 685; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [POWO]

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Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.