Ohio State University Plant Dictionary

Scientific Name:
Mertensia virginica

Family:
Virginia Bluebells

Family:
Boraginaceae

Description:
Virginia Bluebells is one of the more common wildflowers that is found in urban gardens, becoming sprawling with age and dying back to the crown by mid-Summer. This wildflower is excellent for naturalizing in shady areas of the landscape border, as it freely seeds itself and forms colonies within a few years. Its "bulb" resembles a carrot-shaped vertical tuber.

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