sea bluebell

English

Noun

sea bluebell (plural sea bluebells)

Mertensia maritima, a flowering plant in the genus Boraginaceae.
- 1943, Leaflets of the Lexington (Mass.) Botanic Garden‎, volume 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:
  […] 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, 5th edition, →ISBN:
  Botanists have recognized three distinct plant communities containing rare species. One, the sea bluebell, is found nowhere else in BC.

Synonyms

oyster leaf
oyster plant

Translations

Mertensia maritima

Dutch: oesterblad n
Finnish: merihalikka
French: mertensie maritime f
Icelandic: blálilja (is) f

Norwegian:
Bokmål: østersurt f

Nynorsk: østersurt f
Swedish: ostronört (sv) c

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