mertensia
[mer-ten-see-uh, -shee-uh, -shuh]
- any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
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I have found primroses, phlox, and mertensia on the summit of Long's Peak.
The Rocky Mountain WonderlandEnos A. Mills
After flowering, the forsythia hides the disrobing Mertensia with its heavy sheet of foliage.
Making a Garden of PerennialsW. C. Egan
There are a good many kinds of Mertensia, natives of the northern hemisphere.
Field Book of Western Wild FlowersMargaret Armstrong
The newer and more easily grown Mertensia sibirica is a lovely plant, taller and flowering longer.
The Wild GardenWilliam Robinson
The old Pulmonaria (Mertensia virginica) is one of the loveliest spring flowers ever introduced.
The Wild GardenWilliam Robinson