genus Mertensia

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Noun1.genus Mertensia - a genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers shaped like funnelsgenus Mertensia - a genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers shaped like funnels
Mertensia
plant genus - a genus of plants
borage family, Boraginaceae, family Boraginaceae - a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit
Mertensia virginica, Virginia bluebell, Virginia cowslip - smooth erect herb of eastern North America having entire leaves and showy blue flowers that are pink in bud
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Genus Mertensia is a monobasic genus and exists on base number x = 12 [12, 15].
Cytomictic anomalous male meiosis and 2n pollen grain formation in Mertensia echioides Benth
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