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Mertensia tweedyi

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Alpine Bluebells

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.141783

Element CodePDBOR0N010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderLamiales

FamilyBoraginaceae

GenusMertensia

Synonyms

Mertensia alpina(Torr.) G. Don

Other Common Names

alpine bluebells (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

According to Tropicos (accessed 2/7/23), the previously used name for this taxon (e.g., in Kartesz 1994), Mertensia alpina G. Don (published in 1837) is a later homonym of Mertensia albina (R. Br.) Poir. (published in 1814). The correct name for the species (per Kew's Plants of the World Online, accessed 2/7/23) is Mertensia tweedyi Rydb.

Conservation Status

Review Date1991-01-31

Change Date1991-01-31

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
New Mexico	S2	Yes
Wyoming	S4	Yes
Colorado	S3	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes
Montana	S3	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Wyoming (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Little Sheep Mountain	Bridger-Teton National Forest	14,192

References (5)

Ackerfield, J. 2022. Flora of Colorado. Second Edition. Bot. Misc. 60. BRIT Press, Fort Worth Botanic Garden/Botanical Research Institute of Texas, U.S.A. 861 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Missouri Botanical Garden. 2023. Tropicos Internet Database. Online. Available: http://www.tropicos.org (accessed in 2023).
Plants of the World Online (POWO). 2023. Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Online. Available: http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ (accessed 2023).
Rydberg, P.A. 1900. Catalogue of the flora of Montana and the Yellowstone National Park. Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 1:152.