PLANTS Profile for Polemonium occidentale ssp. lacustre (western polemonium)

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Polemonium occidentale Greene ssp. lacustre Wherry
western polemonium

Symbol:

POOCL

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polemoniaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Polemonium occidentale Greene ssp. lacustre Wherry

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Synonyms:
Polemonium occidentale Greene ssp. lacustre Wherry

POOCL2

Polemonium occidentale Greene var. lacustre (Wherry) Lakela

Native Status:
Polemonium occidentale Greene ssp. lacustre Wherry


View Distribution	Native Introduced

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (MN, WI)

Related Taxa:
Polemonium occidentale Greene ssp. lacustre Wherry

View 21 genera in Polemoniaceae, 23 species in Polemonium, 2 subspecies in Polemonium occidentale Greene

Classification:
Polemonium occidentale Greene ssp. lacustre Wherry

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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 occidentale Greene – western polemonium
Subspecies	Polemonium occidentale Greene ssp. lacustre Wherry – western polemonium

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Polemonium occidentale Greene ssp. lacustre Wherry

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Minnesota:
western Jacob's-ladder		Endangered
Wisconsin:
western Jacob's ladder		Endangered

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 occidentale Greene ssp. lacustre Wherry

Polemonium occidentale:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW,OBL

OBL

FACW

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Polemonium occidentale Greene ssp. lacustre Wherry

View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524547.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 03:39 PM CDT