Virginia Bluebells
| Genus species: | Mertensia virginica | |||||||||||
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| Common Name: | Virginia Bluebells | |||||||||||
| Family Name: | Boraginaceae 
Annual and perennial herbs; leaves alternate, simple, entire; flowers bisexual, in helicoid cymes, regular or irregular; fruit of 1-4 nutlets; several species considered toxic. | |||||||||||
| Seed Type | Angiosperm | |||||||||||
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Native | |||||||||||
| Category: | Wildflower | |||||||||||
| Flower Color: | Violet/Blue | |||||||||||
| Identified by: | A. Swanson | |||||||||||
| Months in Bloom The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicates the month(s) the plant has been observed blooming. | ||||||||||||
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