Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Mertensia campanulata A.Nelson |
Bibliography | Bot. Gaz. 54: 150 (1912) |
Native Range | Idaho |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | glabrous, grey-green, lower leaves venose, lanceolate to elliptic, 8-25cm long, petiolate, stem leaves numerous, acute, corolla 15-20mm long, tube undisctint |
Size | 30-90cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho) |