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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Polemonium vanbruntiae
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polemonium vanbruntiae
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polemonium vanbruntiae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Polemonium van-bruntiae
COMMON NAME:
Bog 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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Polemonium vanbruntiae
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polemonium vanbruntiae
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polemonium vanbruntiae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Polemonium van-bruntiae
1110
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: calcareous fens, swamps, and streambanks, per Weakley's Flora
Native: north of the Carolinas
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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 15-21 leaflets
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue-purple
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed campanulate persistent calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
5 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
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