Plants Profile for Polemonium vanbruntiae (Vanbrunt's polemonium)

General Information
Symbol:	POVA5
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Polemoniaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 63. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
POCAV4	Polemonium caeruleum L. ssp. vanbruntiae (Britton) J.F. Davids.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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 vanbruntiae Britton – Vanbrunt's polemonium

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
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.
Maine Jacob's ladder Endangered
Maryland Jacob's-ladder Threatened
New York Jacob's-ladder Rare
Pennsylvania Jacob's-ladder Endangered
Vermont eastern Jacobs ladder Threatened

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACW
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACW
Northcentral & Northeast	FACW