Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Polemonium vanbruntiae
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polemonium vanbruntiae
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Polemonium van-bruntiae
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Jacob's Ladder
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pova5_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Polemonium vanbruntiae
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polemonium vanbruntiae
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Polemonium van-bruntiae
1110
Forb
Perennial
Native: north of the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - - -
Rare
Look for it in calcareous fens, swamps, and streambanks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 15-21 leaflets
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue-purple
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed campanulate persistent calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
5 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
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