Mertensia
Mertensia
Lorraine O'Grady
<table border=1 cellpadding=0 style="position:relative; margin: 0 0 0.5em 1em; border-collapse: collapse; float:right; clear:right; width:200px;"><tr style="text-align:center;"><th style=" background: lightgreen;"><div style="float:right; font-size:70%; padding:0 .5em 0 2em">?</div><b> <i>Mertensia</b></i></th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;">[image]<br><small> <i>Mertensia echioides</i></small></td></tr><tr style="text-align:center;"><th style=" background: lightgreen;"><b><a href="Scientific classification">Scientific classification</a></b></th></tr><tr style="text-align:center;"><td> <table cellpadding=2 style="margin:0 auto; text-align:left; background:none;"><tr valign=top><td>Kingdom:</td><td><a href="Plant">Plantae</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Division:</td><td><a href="Flowering plant">Magnoliophyta</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Class:</td><td><a href="Dicotyledon">Magnoliopsida</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Order:</td><td>incertae sedis</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Family:</td><td><a href="Boraginaceae">Boraginaceae</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Genus:</td><td><i><b>Mertensia</b></i></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p><b>Mertensia</b> is a genus of plants belonging to the family <a href="Boraginaceae">Boraginaceae</a>. There are about 40 species in the genus. This is one of several different plants that are commonly called <a href="Bluebell">Bluebell</a>.