by Dr. F. Alice LeDuc
Bluebells – Mertensia ciliata – Fringed Lungwort; Mertensia paniculata – Tall Bluebells
Bluebells have beautiful dainty, pendulous, tubular flowers that expand to a bell-shaped structure with flared lobes. Both our species are found in moist meadows, open forest areas and stream sides. Fringed Lungwort Ranges from Alaska to British Columbia then south and east to Oregon, Idaho and Montana. Tall Bluebells are founded in Western U.S. to Oregon, California, Nevada,…
