Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
36.0555, -86.9091
Field Notes
Description:
This 2-foot Virginia Bluebell has beautiful light blue-purple tube-shaped flowers and gray-green leaves and stems. There we a few surrounding plants that had pink flower buds that had yet to bloom.
Fun Fact: Although the flowers are typically blue, white or pink flowers occur on rare occasions.
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Viridiplantae
Infrakingdom: Streptophyta – land plants
Superdivision: Embryophyta
Division: Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
Subdivision: Spermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames
Class: Magnoliopsida
Superorder: Asteranae
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae – borage, bourraches
Genus: Mertensia Roth – bluebells
Species: Mertensia virginica
Habitat:
Located along a semi-shaded portion of a trail at Warner Park in Nashville, TN, lives a small patch of vibrant Virginia bluebells swaying in the breeze. The bluebells cover the ground surrounding other large trees and what appears to be wood nettle.
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