Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Polemonium lindleyi Wherry |
Bibliography | Amer. Midl. Naturalist 27: 748 (1942) |
Native Range | Subarctic America to nw. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | glandular, stems numerous, basal leaves petiolate, leaflets 17-21, sessile, orbiculate, stem leaves smaller, few, flowers in cymose panicle, corolla rotate, ca. 15mm |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring; cuttings in spring and in late summer |
Synonyms | Polemonium fasciculatum Eastw. Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. lindleyi (Wherry) V.E.Grant Polemonium pulcherrimum var. lindleyi (Wherry) J.P.Anderson Polemonium rotatum var. fasciculatum (Eastw.) Brand |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, WAS Washington) |