Mertensia virginica

Virginia bluebells

Photograph(s) by*: RHW

Characteristics

Height: 1-2.5'
Flowers: Mar.-Jun.; pink turning blue
Fruit: Mar.-May; ; nut/nut-like

Conditions *

Light:
Moisture: Moist Wet
Soil pH: 4.5-8
Soil type: Clay Loamy Organic

Habitat

rich wooded slopes, forest floodplains

Native to

Region: Coastal Piedmont Mountain *
States: MD VA WV PA

Wildlife

*

Notes

dormant in summer; flower color blue, pink, or white according to soil acidity

 Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/1366.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004