sea bluebell

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sea bluebell (plural sea bluebells)

  1. Mertensia maritima, a flowering plant in the genus Boraginaceae.
    • 1943, Leaflets of the Lexington (Mass.) Botanic Garden‎[1], volumes 13-19:
      Sea Bluebells (Mertensia maritima) would seem a pleasant companion for Virginia Bluebells, and there is plenty of foliage all summer.
    • 1994, Ernest Ingersoll, Explorers Journal‎[2]:
      […] I found two remarkable flowering plants, sea bluebells Mertensia maritima growing close to the water's edge in a prostrate configuration with grey-green leaves and light bluebell-shaped flowers, and sea beach sandwort […]
    • 2016, Dennis Horwood, Haida Gwaii: A Guide to BC's Islands of the People‎[3], 5th edition, →ISBN:
      Botanists have recognized three distinct plant communities containing rare species. One, the sea bluebell, is found nowhere else in BC.

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