Mertensia fusiformis, May 06, 2023
May 23, 2023
Common & scientific name
Spring bluebells, Mertensia fusiformis
Family
Borage, Boraginaceae
Location
Difficult Trail, 8,100’
Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact
This bluebell’s charming genus starts small in the spring at lower elevations with Mertensia fusiformis (or M. brevistyla, depending on your botany expert of choice), shows up similarly small in the alpine in early-mid June as Mertenisa lanceolata, and goes big (like 6-feet big) in mid-summer as Mertensia ciliata.