| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link |
| Synonyms | Pulmonaria virginica L. |
| Mertensia pulmonarioides Roth | |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Description | leaves lanceolate to ovate, blue-green, to 15cm long, stem leafy with lax heads of pendent flowers, corolla 20-25mm long, limb shorter than tube, only a little spreading |
| Size | 30-50cm |
| Color | dark blue |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | tuft, fl. stem ascending |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Northern America
Eastern Canada (Ontario , Québec ) North-Central U.S.A. (Illinois , Iowa , Kansas , Minnesota , Missouri , Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Indiana , Maine , Masachusettes , Michigan , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , West Virginia ) Southeastern U.S.A. (Alabama , Arkansas , Delaware , Georgia , Kentucky , Maryland , Mississippi , North Carolina , South Carolina , Tennessee , Virginia) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | BORAGINACEAE
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