Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Mertensia oblongifolia (Nutt.) G. Don

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Mertensia bakeri Greene, Mertensia bakeri Greene var. osterhouti L.O. Williams, Mertensia coronata A. Nels., Mertensia cusickii Piper, Mertensia foliosa A. Nels., Mertensia fusiformis Greene, Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC. var. fendleri (Gray) Gray, Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC. var. nivalis (S. Wats.) Higgins, Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC. var. pubens (J.F. Macbr.) L.O. Williams, Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC. var. viridis A. Nels., Mertensia oblongifolia (Nutt.) G. Don var. amoena (A. Nels.) L.O. Williams, Mertensia oblongifolia (Nutt.) G. Don var. nevadensis (A. Nels.) L.O. Williams, Mertensia oreophila L.O. Williams, Mertensia paniculata (Aiton) G. Don var. nivalis S. Wats., Mertensia perplexa Rydb., Mertensia toiyabensis J.F. Macbr., Mertensia viridis (A. Nels.) A. Nels., Mertensia viridis (A. Nels.) A. Nels. var. caelestina (A. Nels. & Cockerell) L.O. Williams, Mertensia viridis (A. Nels.) A. Nels. var. cana (Rydb.) L.O. Williams, Mertensia viridis (A. Nels.) A. Nels. var. cynoglossoides (Greene) J.F. Macbr., Mertensia viridis (A. Nels.) A. Nels. var. parvifolia L.O. Williams

Common names:

Green-leaf bluebells [Greenleaf bluebells] (1942) (155)

Leafy bluebells (1942) (155)

Oblong bluebells (Present) (50)

Oblong-leaf bluebells [Oblongleaf bluebells] (1942) (155)

Spindle-root bluebells [Spindleroot bluebells] (1942) (155)