Boraginaceae
Small bluebells
Mertensia longiflora
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Mertensia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Small bluebells
Synonyms
- Mertensia horneri Piper
- Mertensia longiflora f. longiflora
- Mertensia longiflora var. horneri (Piper) J.F.Macbr.
- Mertensia longiflora var. pulchella (Piper) J.F.Macbr.
- Mertensia pulchella Piper
- Mertensia pulchella subsp. glauca Piper
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mahalie, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Mertensia
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- Beautiful bluebellsMertensia bellaBoraginaceae
- Mertensia davuricaBoraginaceae
- Prairie bluebellsMertensia lanceolataBoraginaceae
- Mertensia pterocarpaBoraginaceae
- Aspen bluebellsMertensia arizonicaBoraginaceae
- Shortstyle bluebellsMertensia brevistylaBoraginaceae
- Franciscan bluebellsMertensia franciscanaBoraginaceae
- Macdougal's bluebellsMertensia macdougaliiBoraginaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.