An individual instance of Mertensia virginica (Virginia bluebells)
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This particular organism is believed to have managed means of establishment.

This organismal entity has the scope: multicellular organism.


Identifications:


Mertensia virginica

(L.) Pers. ex Link

sec. Gleason Cronquist 1991

common name: Virginia bluebells
family: Boraginaceae
Identified 2003-03-26 by Steven J. Baskauf


Location:


Radnor Lake State Natural Area, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
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Coordinate uncertainty about: 20 m.

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Occurrences were recorded for this particular organism on the following dates:
2003-03-26

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whole plant - in flower - general view
stem - showing leaf bases
leaf - on upper stem
inflorescence - whole - unspecified
inflorescence - lateral view of flower
inflorescence - frontal view of flower

Gleason Cronquist 1991 =

Gleason, Henry A. and Arthur Cronquist, 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, US.


Metadata last modified: 2019-10-16T22:24:42.018-05:00
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