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Mertensia oblongifolia

Common names: dwarf bluebells, bluebell, dwarf bluebell

Authority: Greene

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Boraginales > Boraginaceae

Roles: study subject, vegetation component, host plant, referenced, mentioned

ITIS TSN: 31683

Synonyms: M. fusiformis, Mertensia, Mefu, MERFUS, Mf, MEFU

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 52 | Mentions: 58

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 76 entities)

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Publications (53)

student_paper

Impacts of earlier snowmelt on fruiting phenology and seed success of Rocky Mountain wildflowers

2025Role: study subject

student_paper

Picky eater? How different environmental factors affect broad-tailed hummingbirds’ (Selasphorus platycercus) foraging patterns in the Rocky Mountains

2025Role: habitat component

student_paper

The impact of soil moisture, nectar production, and spectral reflectance on hummingbird visitation patterns to the Scarlet Gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata)

2025Role: habitat component

student_paper

How does early snowmelt affect pollen deposition on spring wildflowers?

2024Role: mentioned

student_paper

Solitary bee genera differ in foraging activity timing and temperature; Evidence of a seasonal dietary shift in Hoplitis fulgida

2024Role: study subject

article

Differences in individual flowering time change pollen limitation and seed set in three montane wildflowers

2023American Journal of BotanyRole: study subject

student_paper

Effects of Daily Temperature Changes on Broad-Tailed Hummingbird Foraging Patterns

2023Role: host plant

thesis

Documents (1)

environmental assessment

Vegetation Appendix Materials for Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Co-occurring Species

The effects of anthropogenic change on pollination in plant-pollinator communities

2021Role: study subject

article

Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers

2020Frontiers in Plant Science. doi 10.3389/fpls.2020.590347Role: study subject

student_paper

How Spatial Variation Affects Plant Phenology

2020Role: study subject

student_paper

Quantifying Nectar Trait Responses to Natural Variation in Water Availability in Subalpine Plant Communities

2020Role: study subject

thesis

Adaptation and diversification of bluebells Mertensia spp., Boranginaceae

2019Role: study subject

thesis

Climate change, phenological shifts, and species interactions: Case studies in subalpine plant and migratory fish populations

2019Role: study subject

student_paper

Identifying the Impact of Biotic Interactions on Meadow Species Distributions in Sagebrush and Bunchgrass Dominated Systems

2019Role: study subject

student_paper

Intraspecific flower color variation along elevation gradients

2019Role: study subject

student_paper

Niche breadth changes in response to environmental perturbation: the impact of early snowmelt on subalpine plant-pollinator specialization

2019Role: host plant

student_paper

Quantifying Nectar Resources in Bumble Bee Visited Plants

2019Role: study subject

article

The function of floral orientation in bluebells: interactions with pollinators and rain in two species of Mertensia (Boraginaceae)

2019Journal of Plant EcologyRole: study subject

article

The individual and combined effects of snowmelt timing and frost exposure on the reproductive success of montane forbs

2019Journal of EcologyRole: study subject

article

Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers

2018The American NaturalistRole: study subject

student_paper

Characterizing nectar content in wet and dry subalpine meadows during an extreme summer drought

2018Role: study subject

student_paper

First-order controls of soil and leaf moisture

2018Role: vegetation component

article

Phenological responses to multiple environmental drivers under climate change: insights from a long-term observational study and a manipulative field experiment

2017Role: study subject

student_paper

Bill Morphology and Niche Partitioning in Selasphorus platycercus

2016Role: host plant

article

Frost sensitivity of leaves and flowers of subalpine plants is related to tissue type and phenology.

2016Journal of EcologyRole: study subject

student_paper

The Effects of Ants on Ecosystem Dynamics: Investigating the Ecological Influence of Ant Nests in the Rocky Mountains

2016Role: host plant

student_paper

Effects of early snowmelt and frost on plant-pollinator interactions.

2015Role: study subject

student_paper

Frost Sensitivity of Subalpine Plants in the Colorado Rocky Mountains: The Effects of Seasonality, Water Content, and Phylogeny

2014Role: study subject

article

Revisiting Darwin's hypothesis: Does greater intraspecific variability increase species' ecological breadth?

2014American Journal of BotanyRole: study subject

article

Stimulation of flower nectar replenishment by removal: a survey of eleven animal-pollinated plant species

2014Journal of Pollination EcologyRole: study subject

article

An examination of synchrony between insect emergence and flowering in Rocky Mountain meadows

2011Ecological MonographsRole: study subject

student_paper

Intraspecific variation of specific leaf area along an elevational gradient

2011Role: study subject

article

Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae)

2011Annals of BotanyRole: study subject

article

Changes in snowmelt date and summer precipitation affect the flowering phenology of Erythronium grandiflorum (Glacier Lily; Liliaceae)

2010American Journal of BotanyRole: referenced

article

Consequences of variation in flowering time within and among individuals of Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae), an early spring wildflower

2010Amer J of BotanyRole: study subject

article

Flowering phenology in subalpine meadows: does climate variation influence community co-flowering patterns?

2010EcologyRole: study subject

thesis

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

2010Role: study subject

thesis

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

2010Role: text_match

student_paper

Testing the predictions of the Maximum Information Entropy Theory for abundance and energy distributions on the Gothic earthflow

2010Role: study subject

student_paper

Does stigma-anther separation prevent sexual interference in dwarf bluebells (Mertensia fusiformis)?

2009Role: study subject

article

Intercomparison, interpretation, and assessment of spring phenology in North America estimated from remote sensing for 1982 to 2006

2009Global Change BiologyRole: study subject

article

Variation in the impact of climate change on flowering phenology and abundance: an examination of two pairs of closely related wildflower species

2009American Journal of BotanyRole: study subject

thesis

Ecosystem responses to warming-induced plant species loss and increased nitrogen availability in a Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow

2006Role: study subject

article

Subalpine meadow flowering phenology responses to climate change: integrating experimental and gradient methods

2003Ecological MonographsRole: study subject

article

Plant responses to experimental warming in a montane meadow

2001EcologyRole: study subject

article

Climate change is affecting altitudinal migrants and hibernating species

2000Proceedings of the National Academy of ScienceRole: indicator species for phenolog

article

Effects of Local Density on Pollination and Reproduction in Delphinium nuttallianum and Aconitum columbianum (Ranunculaceae)

1999American Journal of BotanyRole: co-flowering plant / heterospe

article

Estimating species-area relationships from plot to landscape scale using species spatial-turnover data

1999OikosRole: study subject

article

Global warming and soil microclimate: results from a meadow-warming experiment

1995Ecological ApplicationsRole: study subject

article

Shifting dominance within a montane vegetation community: results from a climate-warming experiment

1995ScienceRole: component of dry-zone forb com

article

Floral mimicry by a plant pathogen

1993NatureRole: co-occurring true flower

article

Effects of ant mounds on soil chemistry and vegetation patterns in a montane Colorado meadow

1983EcologyRole: myrmecochorous plant species u

article

Skewed flowering distributions and pollinator attraction

1980EcologyRole: study subject

Mertensia oblongifolia

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 76 entities)

Publications (53)

Impacts of earlier snowmelt on fruiting phenology and seed success of Rocky Mountain wildflowers

Picky eater? How different environmental factors affect broad-tailed hummingbirds’ (Selasphorus platycercus) foraging patterns in the Rocky Mountains

The impact of soil moisture, nectar production, and spectral reflectance on hummingbird visitation patterns to the Scarlet Gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata)

How does early snowmelt affect pollen deposition on spring wildflowers?

Solitary bee genera differ in foraging activity timing and temperature; Evidence of a seasonal dietary shift in Hoplitis fulgida

Differences in individual flowering time change pollen limitation and seed set in three montane wildflowers

Effects of Daily Temperature Changes on Broad-Tailed Hummingbird Foraging Patterns

Documents (1)

Vegetation Appendix Materials for Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Co-occurring Species

Mertensia

Delphinium nuttallianum

Delphinium

Erythronium grandiflorum

Delphinium barbeyi

Mertensia ciliata

Potentilla

Claytonia lanceolata

Ipomopsis aggregata

Lathyrus lanszwertii var. leucanthus

The effects of anthropogenic change on pollination in plant-pollinator communities

Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers

How Spatial Variation Affects Plant Phenology

Quantifying Nectar Trait Responses to Natural Variation in Water Availability in Subalpine Plant Communities

Adaptation and diversification of bluebells <i>Mertensia</i> spp., Boranginaceae

Climate change, phenological shifts, and species interactions: Case studies in subalpine plant and migratory fish populations

Identifying the Impact of Biotic Interactions on Meadow Species Distributions in Sagebrush and Bunchgrass Dominated Systems

Intraspecific flower color variation along elevation gradients

Niche breadth changes in response to environmental perturbation: the impact of early snowmelt on subalpine plant-pollinator specialization

Quantifying Nectar Resources in Bumble Bee Visited Plants

The function of floral orientation in bluebells: interactions with pollinators and rain in two species of <i> Mertensia </i> (Boraginaceae)

The individual and combined effects of snowmelt timing and frost exposure on the reproductive success of montane forbs

Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers

Characterizing nectar content in wet and dry subalpine meadows during an extreme summer drought

First-order controls of soil and leaf moisture

Phenological responses to multiple environmental drivers under climate change: insights from a long-term observational study and a manipulative field experiment

Bill Morphology and Niche Partitioning in <i>Selasphorus platycercus</i>

Frost sensitivity of leaves and flowers of subalpine plants is related to tissue type and phenology.

The Effects of Ants on Ecosystem Dynamics: Investigating the Ecological Influence of Ant Nests in the Rocky Mountains

Effects of early snowmelt and frost on plant-pollinator interactions.

Frost Sensitivity of Subalpine Plants in the Colorado Rocky Mountains: The Effects of Seasonality, Water Content, and Phylogeny

Revisiting Darwin's hypothesis: Does greater intraspecific variability increase species' ecological breadth?

Stimulation of flower nectar replenishment by removal: a survey of eleven animal-pollinated plant species

An examination of synchrony between insect emergence and flowering in Rocky Mountain meadows

Intraspecific variation of specific leaf area along an elevational gradient

Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae)

Changes in snowmelt date and summer precipitation affect the flowering phenology of <i>Erythronium grandiflorum</i> (Glacier Lily; Liliaceae)

Consequences of variation in flowering time within and among individuals of <i>Mertensia fusiformis</i> (Boraginaceae), an early spring wildflower

Flowering phenology in subalpine meadows: does climate variation influence community co-flowering patterns?

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

Testing the predictions of the Maximum Information Entropy Theory for abundance and energy distributions on the Gothic earthflow

Does stigma-anther separation prevent sexual interference in dwarf bluebells (<i>Mertensia fusiformis</i>)?

Intercomparison, interpretation, and assessment of spring phenology in North America estimated from remote sensing for 1982 to 2006

Variation in the impact of climate change on flowering phenology and abundance: an examination of two pairs of closely related wildflower species

Ecosystem responses to warming-induced plant species loss and increased nitrogen availability in a Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow

Subalpine meadow flowering phenology responses to climate change: integrating experimental and gradient methods

Plant responses to experimental warming in a montane meadow

Climate change is affecting altitudinal migrants and hibernating species

Effects of Local Density on Pollination and Reproduction in <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i> and <i>Aconitum columbianum</i> (Ranunculaceae)

Estimating species-area relationships from plot to landscape scale using species spatial-turnover data

Global warming and soil microclimate: results from a meadow-warming experiment

Shifting dominance within a montane vegetation community: results from a climate-warming experiment

Floral mimicry by a plant pathogen

Effects of ant mounds on soil chemistry and vegetation patterns in a montane Colorado meadow

Skewed flowering distributions and pollinator attraction