Index / Search / Mertensia platyphylla var. subcordata

§1 Plant

Mertensia platyphylla A. Heller var. subcordata (Greene) L.O. Williams

vernacular broadleaf bluebells — variety · Boraginaceae


USDA
MEPLS
GBIF
5662099 syn.
Rank
variety
broadleaf bluebells (Mertensia platyphylla var. subcordata)
Platephotograph · Caleb CentanniCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Boraginaceae Juss.
Genus
Mertensia
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 23 counties across 2 states/territories
Legend Native · 23 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 23 counties across 2 states/territories.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/MEPLS ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5662099 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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