Mertensia


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Noun1.Mertensia - a genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers shaped like funnelsMertensia - a genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers shaped like funnels
genus Mertensia
plant genus - a genus of plants
borage family, Boraginaceae, family Boraginaceae - a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit
Mertensia virginica, Virginia bluebell, Virginia cowslip - smooth erect herb of eastern North America having entire leaves and showy blue flowers that are pink in bud
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Virginia bluebell or Virginia cowslip (Mertensia virginica)
Cowslip? Jack-in-the-pulpit? How spring wildflowers got their names
waterleaf 1891; Frison 1922 Boraginaceae Mertensia Virginia Robertson 1929 virginica L.
The potential management of a ground-nesting, solitary bee: Anthophora abrupta (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Cytological investigation in Mertensia echioides Benth.
Cytomictic anomalous male meiosis and 2n pollen grain formation in Mertensia echioides Benth
3.5 [+ or -] 0.6 5.8 [+ or -] 1.7 Mertensia longiflora Otsynium douglasii 0.3 [+ or -] 0.0 0.5 [+ or -] 0.1 Oreostemma alpigenum 1.3 [+ or -] 0.3 1.5 [+ or -] 0.0 Paeonia brownii 3.4 [+ or -] 0.9 4.0 [+ or -] 0.5 Penstemon gairdneri var.
A starting point: an ecosystem of reference for habitat restoration of the Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel, Urocitellus brunneus brunneus
In this part of the world, members of the species Mertensia ovum don't appear to reach adulthood but instead sustain the population by reproducing while still larvae, researchers report online April 25 in Biology Letters.
Comb jelly starts reproduction early: marine species thrives despite never reaching adulthood
Mertensia - variously known as bluebells, the oyster plant and the Virginian cowslip.
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The relationship of plant size to self-pollination in Mertensia ciliata.
Effects of herbivory and inflorescence size on insect visitation to Eryngium yuccifolium (Apiaceae) a prairie plant
This is not abandonment but a kind of fulfillment: "On the beach / we bend to taste bits of glaucous leaves / to know in our bodies why / Mertensia maritima is Oysterleaf." He does not offer an Eden or an eternal afterlife to soothe our soul-searching, but instead places us more fully at home within our bodies and our surroundings.
Some of These Petals: a review of Brian Bartlett's: The Watchmaker's Table
One of Smarr's favorites is the Virginia Bluebell (Mertensia virginica), which is bright green and blue with pink hues.
Ephemerals: Early spring's hidden treasures; Garden in the Woods showcases wildflowers
Biological flora of the British Isles: Mertensia maritima (L.) S.
Age of Maturity and Life Span in Herbaceous, Polycarpic Perennials
Intermixed with the bluestem and aspen patches were patches of horsetail that contained scattered individuals of fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium L.), bluebells (Mertensia paniculata [Ait.] G.
DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF COMPETITION OR MICROENVIRONMENT ON BOREAL TREE SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT AFTER FIRE
Seaside Lungwort Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray Sea-Shore Chamomile Matricaria ambigua Kryl.
Entisol Development on Foreshore and Aeolian Dune Sediments in the Hudson Bay Lowlands near Churchill, Manitoba

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