Taxon:
Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link
Summary
Place of publication:
Handbuch 1:580. 1831
Verified:
05/26/1998
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Bennett, M. Pulmonarias and the Borage family. 2003 134.
- Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/taxonsearch.php
- Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
- Jones, G. N. & G. D. Fuller. Vascular plants of Illinois. 1955
- Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
- Radford, A. E. et al. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. 1964 Note: lists as M. virginica (L.) Pers.
- Scoggan, H. J. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. 1978-1979 Note: lists as M. virginica (L.) Pers.
- Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
bluebells – Roanoke-bells – Virginia bluebells – Virginia cowslip – French
mertensia de Virginie – German
virginisches Blauglöckchen –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Ontario | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Quebec | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Illinois | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Kansas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Minnesota | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Wisconsin | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Indiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Michigan | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Jersey | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New York | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Ohio | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | West Virginia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Kentucky | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maryland | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | n.-c. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Tennessee | http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/vascular/database/vascular-database.asp?CategoryID=Dicots&FamilyID=Boraginaceae&GenusID=Mertensia&SpeciesID=virginica |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Virginia | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Northern America
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EASTERN CANADA:
Canada [Quebec, Ontario]
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin]
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina (n.-c.), Tennessee (http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/vascular/database/vascular-database.asp?CategoryID=Dicots&FamilyID=Boraginaceae&GenusID=Mertensia&SpeciesID=virginica), Virginia]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –