Summary description from Wikipedia:

Mertensia virginica in languages:

English

Virginia bluebells

English

Virginia bluebell

English

Virginia cowslip

English

Lungwort oysterleaf

English

Roanoke bells

Polish

mertensja wirginijska

Russian

Мертензия виргинская

Swedish

pärlemorfjärva

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Parent Taxon

• Mertensia

Sibling Taxa

• Mertensia arizonica
• Mertensia bakeri
• Mertensia bella
• Mertensia brachycalyx
• Mertensia brachyloba
• Mertensia brevistyla
• Mertensia campanulata
• Mertensia cana
• Mertensia ciliata
• Mertensia coronata
• Mertensia cusickii
• Mertensia cynoglossoides
• Mertensia davurica
• Mertensia eastwoodiae
• Mertensia fendleri
• Mertensia franciscana
• Mertensia grahamii
• Mertensia humilis
• Mertensia kamczatica
• Mertensia lanceolata
• Mertensia lateriflora
• Mertensia lineariloba
• Mertensia longiflora
• Mertensia longipedunculata
• Mertensia macdougalii
• Mertensia maritima
• Mertensia mexicana
• Mertensia meyeriana
• Mertensia nevadensis
• Mertensia nivalis
• Mertensia oblongifolia
• Mertensia oreophila
• Mertensia ovata
• Mertensia pallasii
• Mertensia paniculata
• Mertensia parvifolia
• Mertensia platyphylla
• Mertensia pratensis
• Mertensia pterocarpa
• Mertensia pubescens
• Mertensia rivularis
• Mertensia serrulata
• Mertensia sibirica
• Mertensia simplicissima
• Mertensia sinica
• Mertensia stylosa
• Mertensia subcordata
• Mertensia tarbagataica
• Mertensia tweedyi
• Mertensia umbratilis
• Mertensia virginica
• Mertensia viridis

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