PLANTS Profile for Polemonium caeruleum (charity)

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Polemonium caeruleum L.
charity

Symbol:

POCA2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polemoniaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

More Information:

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Polemonium caeruleum L.

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Synonyms:
Polemonium caeruleum L.

POCAA6

Polemonium caeruleum L. var. album hort.

Distribution:
Polemonium caeruleum L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, VT, WI), CAN (QC)

Related Taxa:
Polemonium caeruleum L.

View 21 genera in Polemoniaceae, 23 species in Polemonium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Polemonium caeruleum L. ssp. himalayanum (Baker) H. Hara. .

Polemonium caeruleum ssp. himalayanum

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Polemonium caeruleum L.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


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 caeruleum L. – charity

Introduced Information:
Polemonium caeruleum L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Nat. Ind.

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FAC,OBL

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FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Polemonium caeruleum L.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31005.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

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

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 01:10 AM CDT