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Polemonium reptans L.  
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FamilyPOLEMONIACEAE
Genus speciesPolemonium reptans L. 
BibliographySyst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 925 (1759)
Native Rangee. Canada to nc. & e. USA
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatgrassland
Descriptionrootstock trailing, sometimes with shoots, stems erect, branched, flowers campanulate, in sparse cyme, leaves glabrous, pinnate, leaflets lanceolate
Size20-25cm
Colorpale blue
Bloomsummer
Caind
Typeperennial
Cultivationmesic, slightly humous, sunny site
alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C
division in spring; cuttings in spring and in late summer
SynonymsPolemonium humile Salisb.
Polemonium longii Fernald
Polemonium quadriflorum Raf.
Polemonium reptans var. macrophyllum Brand
Polemonium reptans f. macrophyllum (Brand) Wherry
Polemonium reptans f. quadriflorum (Raf.) Wherry
Polemonium reptans f. villosum (E.L.Braun) Wherry
Polemonium reptans var. villosum E.L.Braun
Territory7 Northern America
     72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario, QUE Québec)
     74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, KAN Kansas, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, OKL Oklahoma, SDA South Dakota, WIS Wisconsin)
     75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia)
     78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, ARK Arkansas, DEL Delaware, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, MSI Mississippi, NCA North Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia)
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