Name: Mertensia virginica	Description: Family: Forget-me-not (Boraginaceae) Growth Form: Stems: Hairy stem Leaves: Basal leaves 2-8 inches long; stem leaves smaller, alternate, oval, untoothed. Flower Arrangement:  Flowers:  A rosy-pink-flowered species, about 1 inch long; corolla 5-lobed. Petals: Stamens:  . Pistil:  Fruits:	Discussion: The Virginia Bluebells are an erect plant with smooth gray-green foliage and nodding clusters of pink buds that open into light blue trumpet-shaped flowers.
Image:	Location: Habitat:  Moist woods; rarely, meadows; especially on floodplains. Range: southern Ontario; western New York south to northern North Carolina and Alabama; west to Arkansas and eastern Kansas; north to Minnesota.	Waypoint:  N 38 degrees 34.755 minutes W 89 degrees 04.146 minutes Elevation 475 feet

© Copyright 2004, Odin Public School #700, all rights reserved.
Photos courtesy: Odin Tech Prep Team 2004
Project courtesy: Grant Arnold, Deniz Hawley, Kristen Minor, Brian Deadmond

Home Page