Polemonium foliosissimum
Appearance
Polemonium foliosissimum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Polemoniaceae |
Genus: | Polemonium |
Species: | P. foliosissimum
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Binomial name | |
Polemonium foliosissimum | |
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Polemonium foliosissimum, the towering Jacob's-ladder, is a rare species of flowering plant in the phlox family Polemoniaceae, native to the western United States; Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.[2][1][3] As its synonym Polemonium archibaldiae it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]
Subtaxa
[edit]The following varieties are accepted:[1]
- Polemonium foliosissimum var. alpinum Brand - Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming
- Polemonium foliosissimum var. foliosissimum - Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Polemonium foliosissimum A.Gray". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Polemonium foliosissimum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Polemonium foliosissimum". Tropicos. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ^ "Polemonium archibaldiae". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.