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Bluebells

Date: March 25, 2005
Photographer: Eddie Jones

Common Name: Bluebells
Scientific Name: Mertensia virginica

Virginia bluebells is a native Missouri wildflower that occurs statewide in moist, rich woods and river floodplains. (Plant info from http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/alpha.asp.)

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