Taxon:  Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link



Summary
Genus:
Mertensia
Family:
Boraginaceae
Subfamily:
Cynoglossoideae
Tribe:
Asperugeae
Nomen number:
410978
Place of publication:
Handbuch 1:580.  1831
Verified:
05/26/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Mertensia pulmonarioides Roth

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Reference(s)
  1. Bennett, M. 2003. Pulmonarias and the Borage family 134.
  2. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  3. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1554.
  4. Jones, G. N. & G. D. Fuller. 1955. Vascular plants of Illinois.
  5. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
  6. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  7. Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. Note: lists as Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers.
  8. Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: lists as Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers.
  9. Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource).
  10. 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English bluebells 1 Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: lists as Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers.
English Roanoke-bells as M. pulmonarioides 1 Bennett, M. 2003. Pulmonarias and the Borage family 134.
English Virginia bluebells 1 Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
English Virginia cowslip 1 Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: lists as Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers.
French mertensia de Virginie 2 Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1554.
German virginisches Blauglöckchen 2 Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1554.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaOntario 
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaQuebec 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinois 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesKansas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMinnesota 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouri 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesWisconsin 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesIndiana 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMichigan 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew Jersey 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew York 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesOhio 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesPennsylvania 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesWest Virginia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabama 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesKentucky 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMaryland 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesNorth Carolinan.-c.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesTennessee 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginia 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Northern America
  • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Ontario, Quebec]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina (n.-c.), Tennessee, Virginia]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamentalfide Zander ed14; Pulmonaria 135, as M. pulmonarioidesErhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1554.
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.vurv.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=410978. Accessed 19 September 2024.