Mertensia paniculata
Tall Bluebells

Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)

Photo taken in Tumwater Canyon, near the river (25 to 35 meters away) in a wooded shaded area

Flowers:

corolla 9 to 17 mm, blue; corolla limb generally 1.2 to 1.6 times as long as the tube; anthers 2.2 to 3.4 mm

Leaves:

principle cauline leaves generally rounded at the base and more or less petiolate, with evident lateral veins

Plant:

40 to 150 cm when developed, relatively tall and robust; usually numerous stems per plant

Habitat:

generally growing along streams and in wet meadows

Distribution of species:

boreal species, south to west central Montana, central Idaho, and central and south west Oregon, mostly not west of the Cascades except in the Olympic Mountains

Distribution of genus:

more or less 50 species: North America and temperate Eurasia