Mertensia bella Piper

Beautiful bluebells (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Mertensia

Characteristics

A herb that keeps growing from year to year. The leaves are alternate and have rough hairs. The flowers are blue and bell shaped. They are 1 cm across. They occur in clusters.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Wet meadows, moist slopes and springy banks at mid-altitudes in mountains.
More
It is a temperate plant. It grows in wet mountain locations.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-9
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

The leaves are best cooked.
Uses -
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Mertensia bella unspecified picture

Distribution

Mertensia bella world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:157753-2
WFO ID wfo-0001215338
COL ID 3ZWR2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Mertensia bella Mertensia siskiyouensis