Bluebell
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Plants
- genus HyacinthoidesHyacinthoidesHyacinthoides is a genus of the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. It has also been placed in the separate family Hyacinthaceae and before that the Liliaceae. The genus is included within Scilla by some botanists....
- Common BluebellCommon BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta, commonly known as the common bluebell, is a spring-flowering bulbous perennial plant. -Taxonomy:...
(Hyacinthoides non-scripta) - Spanish BluebellSpanish BluebellThe Spanish Bluebell , is a spring-flowering bulbous perennial native to the Iberian Peninsula...
(Hyacinthoides hispanica)
- Common Bluebell
- genus MertensiaMertensiaMertensia is a genus of about 40 species of perennial herbaceous plants with bell-shaped blue flowers opening from pink-tinged buds. This is one of several plants commonly called bluebell.The genus is named after the German botanist Franz Carl Mertens....
- Virginia BluebellVirginia BluebellThe Virginia Bluebell is a spring ephemeral plant with bell-shaped sky-blue flowers opening from pink buds, native to moist woodland in eastern North America.Leaves are rounded and gray-green, borne on a stem up to 60 cm high...
(Mertensia virginica)
- Virginia Bluebell
- Scottish Bluebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
- Australian Royal Bluebell (Wahlenbergia gloriosaWahlenbergia gloriosaWahlenbergia gloriosa, or Royal Bluebell, is an Australian wildflower from the Campanulaceae family. It grows in high rainfall areas in the Australian Alps, in environs ranging from shady roadside cuttings on Mount Hotham to full sun herbfields on the main range.W. gloriosa has small dark green...
) - Texas Bluebell (Eustoma russellianumEustoma russellianumEustoma russellianum, is a species of flowering plant in the Gentian family. Its previous binomial name was Eustoma grandiflorum . Common names include Texas bluebells, Texas bluebell, Bluebell, Showy prairie gentian, Prairie gentian The Bolero Deep Blue, and Lisianthus.-Description:Eustoma...
) - Desert or California Bluebell (Phacelia campanulariaPhacelia campanulariaPhacelia campanularia, commonly known as California bluebell, desert bluebell, or desertbells, is an annual native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts, commonly cultivated as an ornamental.-Description:...
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In entertainment
- The BluebellsThe BluebellsThe Bluebells were a Scottish pop group in the 1980s.-Career:The Bluebells performed jangly guitar based pop not dissimilar to their Scottish contemporaries Aztec Camera and Orange Juice. They had three Top 40 hit singles in the UK, all written by guitarist and founder member Bobby Bluebell - "I'm...
, band - "Bluebells" (song), a single by Patrick Wolf
- Bluebell (TV series)Bluebell (TV series)Bluebell is a British television drama series produced by the BBC in 1986.The series was set before and during the Second World War and was based around a dance troupe performing in Europe. The leading cast members were Carolyn Pickles, Philip Sayer, Carmel McSharry and Annie Lambert...
- Bluebell, a fictional rabbit in the novel Watership DownWatership DownWatership Down is a classic heroic fantasy novel, written by English author Richard Adams, about a small group of rabbits. Although the animals in the story live in their natural environment, they are anthropomorphised, possessing their own culture, language , proverbs, poetry, and mythology...
- Bluebell, a character from the anime and manga series Reborn!Reborn!Reborn!, known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Akira Amano. The plot revolves around the life of a young boy named Tsunayoshi Sawada, who finds out that he is next in line to become the boss of the most powerful Mafia organization called Vongola, the Vongola Family...
- Bluebell, a fictional troll from the miniseries The Tenth Kingdom.
- Bluebell Girls, a dance troupe founded by Margaret Kelly LeiboviciMargaret Kelly LeiboviciMargaret Miss Bluebell Kelly Leibovici , Irish dancer, was the founder of the "Bluebell Girls".-Biography:...
In transportation
- Bluebell RailwayBluebell RailwayThe Bluebell Railway is a heritage line running for nine miles along the border between East and West Sussex, England. Steam trains are operated between and , with an intermediate station at .The railway is managed and run largely by volunteers...
- SECR P Class 323 BluebellSECR P Class 323 BluebellSouth Eastern and Chatham Railway P Class number 323 Bluebell is a preserved British steam locomotive based on the Bluebell Railway in Sussex. It holds the distinction of being one of the two engines which worked passenger trains during the first year of the Bluebell Railway Preservation Society...
, locomotive - HMS Bluebell (disambiguation), two Royal Navy ships
- Bluebelle (ship)Bluebelle (ship)The Bluebelle was a ketch that was the site of brutal murders on November 12, 1961.The ship was chartered by 41-year-old optometrist Dr. Arthur Duperrault of Green Bay, Wisconsin, for a trip from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to the Bahamas, departing November 8, 1961...
, a yacht that was the site of a multiple murder in 1961
See also
- Blue Bell (disambiguation)
- Margaret Kelly LeiboviciMargaret Kelly LeiboviciMargaret Miss Bluebell Kelly Leibovici , Irish dancer, was the founder of the "Bluebell Girls".-Biography:...
(1910-2004), nicknamed "Miss Bluebell", Irish dancer and founder of the Bluebell Girls