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Scientific name Mertensia virginica
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First published in Handbuch 1: 580 (1829)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Lithospermum virginicum Billb. Linn. Samfund. Handl. 1: 16 (1832 publ. 1833)
Lithospermum pulchrum Lehm. Pl. Asperif. Nucif. 2: 290 (1818)
Mertensia pulmonarioides Roth Catal. Bot. 1: 34 (1797)
Casselia virginica (L.) Dumort. Commentat. Bot. (Dumort.) 24. 1822 [late Nov-early Dec 1822]
Cerinthodes virginica Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 436 (1891)
Pulmonaria virginica L. Sp. Pl. : 135 (1753)
Pneumaria virginica Hill Veg. Syst. 7: 40 (1764)
Steenhammera virginica (L.) Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 14: 244 1840
Hippoglossum virginicum (L.) Lilja Linnaea 17: 111 (1843)
Mertensia virginica f. berdi Moldenke Phytologia 3: 420 (1951)
Mertensia virginica f. rosea Steyerm. Rhodora 62: 131 (1960)
Steenhammera virginica Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 3: 838 (1834)

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Language Common/alternative name
English virginia bluebell
English virginia bluebells
English lungwort oysterleaf
English virginia cowslip
Arabic مرتنسيا
Icelandic lotblálilja
Malayalam മെർടെൻസിയ വിർജീനിക
Norwegian Bokmål klokkeøstersurt
Russian Мертензия виргинская
Swedish pärlemorfjärva

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  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Ontario
      • Québec
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
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      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
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      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • District Of Columbia
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      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001215084
UNII 45Z1A0C533
Flora of Alabama 1185
Canadensys 3799
USDA Plants MEVI3
Tropicos 4000141
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:118695-1
The Plant List tro-4000141
Missouri Botanical Garden 277984
Open Tree Of Life 170637
Observations.org 150051
NCBI Taxonomy 417949
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0200002641
Nature Serve 2.138078
IPNI 118695-1
iNaturalist 59771
GBIF 5341242
Freebase /m/0c185_
WisFlora 4240
EPPO MTSVI
EOL 580073
Elurikkus 521207
USDA GRIN 410978
Wikipedia Mertensia_virginica

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