Bluebells

Genus Mertensia
Borage Family (Boraginaceae)







Mountain Bluebells
Mertensia ciliata

This plant often grows in lush, dense stands. The individual plants are two or three feet tall, and have drooping blue blossoms which are over an inch long. Many wild animals utilize it -- both for food and for bedding.





Albion Basin
Wasatch Mountains
Salt Lake County, Utah

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Photographed
by Sandra Bray