sea bluebell

English

Noun

sea bluebell (plural sea bluebells)

1. Mertensia maritima, a flowering plant in the genus Boraginaceae.
   • 1943, Leaflets of the Lexington (Mass.) Botanic Garden‎^[1], volumes 13-19:

     Sea Bluebells (Mertensia maritima) would seem a pleasant companion for Virginia Bluebells, and there is plenty of foliage all summer.

   • 1994, Ernest Ingersoll, Explorers Journal‎^[2]:

     […] I found two remarkable flowering plants, sea bluebells Mertensia maritima growing close to the water's edge in a prostrate configuration with grey-green leaves and light bluebell-shaped flowers, and sea beach sandwort […]

   • 2016, Dennis Horwood, Haida Gwaii: A Guide to BC's Islands of the People‎^[3], 5th edition, →ISBN:

     Botanists have recognized three distinct plant communities containing rare species. One, the sea bluebell, is found nowhere else in BC.

Synonyms

• oyster leaf
• oyster plant

Translations

Mertensia maritima

• Dutch: oesterblad n
• Finnish: merihalikka
• French: mertensie maritime f
• Icelandic: blálilja (is) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: østersurt f

  Nynorsk: østersurt f

• Swedish: ostronört (sv) c