Boraginaceae
Oysterleaf
Mertensia maritima
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Mertensia
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Common names
By language (16)
- arz
- ميرتينسيا ماريتيما
- Chinese
- 海滨紫草, 海濱紫草
- Czech
- Plícněnka přímořská
- Danish
- Almindelig Hestetunge
- English
- Oysterleaf, Sea bluebells
- Finnish
- Merihalikka, Halikka
- French
- Mertensie maritime, Huître végétale
- German
- Küsten-Blauglöckchen
- Icelandic
- Blálilja
- Irish
- Lus na sceallaí
- Japanese
- メルテンシア・マリティマ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Østersurt
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Østersurt
- Russian
- Мертензия приморская
- Swedish
- Ostronört
- Welsh
- Llysiau'r llymarch, Llysiau‘r llymarch, Llysiau`r llymarch
Synonyms
- Casselia maritima Dumort.
- Casselia parviflora Dumort.
- Cerinthodes maritima Kuntze
- Hippoglossum maritimum Hartm.
- Lithospermum maritimum Lehm.
- Lithospermum simplicissimum Lehm.
- Mertensia maritima f. maritima
- Mertensia maritima subsp. maritima
- Mertensia maritima var. maritima
- Mertensia parviflora G.Don
- Pneumaria maritima Hill
- Pulmonaria maritima L.
- Pulmonaria parviflora Michx.
- Pulmonaria procumbens Stokes
- Steenhammera maritima Rchb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
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Photo: Christian Bickel, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christian Bickel, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leonora Enking, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Randi Hausken from Bærum, Norway, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, 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.