PLANTS Profile for Polemonium (Jacob's-ladder)

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PLANTS Profile

Polemonium L.
Jacob's-ladder

Symbol:

POLEM

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polemoniaceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

None

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Jennifer Anderson. United States, IA, Muscatine Co., Muscatine, Wild Cat Den State Park. 2002. Usage Requirements.

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Images:
Polemonium L.

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Distribution:
Polemonium L.

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, NB, NT, ON, QC, YT), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Polemonium L.

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

Distribution of Polemonium acutiflorum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.. . Image Available.

Polemonium acutiflorum
tall Jacob's-ladder

Distribution of Polemonium boreale M.F. Adams. .

Polemonium boreale
northern Jacob's-ladder

Distribution of Polemonium brandegeei (A. Gray) Greene. .

Polemonium brandegeei
Brandegee's Jacob's-ladder

Distribution of Polemonium caeruleum L.. .

Polemonium caeruleum
charity

Distribution of Polemonium californicum Eastw.. . Image Available.

Polemonium californicum
moving polemonium

Distribution of Polemonium carneum A. Gray. .

Polemonium carneum
royal Jacob's-ladder

Distribution of Polemonium chartaceum H. Mason. . Image Available.

Polemonium chartaceum
Mason's Jacob's-ladder

Distribution of Polemonium confertum A. Gray. .

Polemonium confertum
Rocky Mountain Jacob's-ladder

Distribution of Polemonium cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc.. .

Polemonium cuspidatum
stiffpoint Jacob's-ladder

Distribution of Polemonium elegans Greene. . Image Available.

Polemonium elegans
elegant Jacob's-ladder

Distribution of Polemonium elusum J.J. Irwin & R.L. Hartm.. .

Polemonium elusum
elusive Jacob's-ladder

Distribution of Polemonium eximium Greene. . Image Available.

Polemonium eximium
skypilot

Distribution of Polemonium foliosissimum A. Gray. . Image Available.

Polemonium foliosissimum
towering Jacob's-ladder

Distribution of Polemonium longii Fernald. .

Polemonium longii
Long's Jacob's-ladder

Distribution of Polemonium micranthum Benth.. . Image Available.

Polemonium micranthum
annual polemonium

Distribution of Polemonium nevadense Wherry. .

Polemonium nevadense
Nevada Jacob's-ladder

Distribution of Polemonium occidentale Greene. . Image Available.

Polemonium occidentale
western polemonium

Distribution of Polemonium pauciflorum S. Watson. .

Polemonium pauciflorum
fewflower Jacob's-ladder

Distribution of Polemonium pectinatum Greene. .

Polemonium pectinatum
Washington Jacob's-ladder

Distribution of Polemonium pulcherrimum Hook.. . Image Available.

Polemonium pulcherrimum
Jacob's-ladder

Distribution of Polemonium reptans L.. . Image Available.

Polemonium reptans
Greek valerian

Distribution of Polemonium vanbruntiae Britton. . Image Available.

Polemonium vanbruntiae
Vanbrunt's polemonium

Distribution of Polemonium viscosum Nutt.. . Image Available.

Polemonium viscosum
sticky polemonium

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Polemonium L.

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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

More Accounts and Images:
Polemonium L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30998.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 06/18/2013 08:12 PM CDT