Mertensia virginica
Location: norhtwest corner of woods, east of red oaks
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This beloved woodland wildflower is a true harbinger of spring! The distinctive bluish-pink flowers appear soon after the snows of winter retreat northward. This long-lived perennial expands slowly to form beautiful clumps that return year after year.Grows one to two feet tall in rich, slightly moist soil. Link Genus: Mertensia (bluebell) Family: Boraginaceae (forget-me-not family) Order: Boraginales (boraginaceae and closely related asterid families) Class: Eudicots (Non-magnoliid dicots) Phylum/Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) Kingdom: Plantae (Plants) |