PLANTS Profile for Polemonium foliosissimum (towering Jacob's-ladder)

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PLANTS Profile

Polemonium foliosissimum A. Gray
towering Jacob's-ladder

Symbol:

POFO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polemoniaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Polemonium foliosissimum A. Gray

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Polemonium foliosissimum A. Gray

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Distribution:
Polemonium foliosissimum A. Gray


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USA (AZ, CO, ID, NM, NV, UT, WY)

Related Taxa:
Polemonium foliosissimum A. Gray

View 21 genera in Polemoniaceae, 23 species in Polemonium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Polemonium foliosissimum var. alpinum
alpine Jacob's-ladder

Distribution of Polemonium foliosissimum A. Gray var. flavum (Greene) Anway. .

Polemonium foliosissimum var. flavum
yellow Jacob's-ladder

Distribution of Polemonium foliosissimum A. Gray var. foliosissimum. .

Polemonium foliosissimum var. foliosissimum
towering Jacob's-ladder

Distribution of Polemonium foliosissimum A. Gray var. molle (Greene) Anway. .

Polemonium foliosissimum var. molle
towering Jacob's-ladder

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Polemonium foliosissimum A. Gray

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Polemoniaceae – Phlox family
Genus	Polemonium L. – Jacob's-ladder
Species	Polemonium foliosissimum A. Gray – towering Jacob's-ladder

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Polemonium foliosissimum A. Gray

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FAC

FACU

FAC-

Polemonium filicinum [=POFOF2]:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Polemonium foliosissimum A. Gray

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31012.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 07:26 AM CDT