Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Polemonium reptans L. |
Bibliography | Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 925 (1759) |
Native Range | e. Canada to nc. & e. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | rootstock trailing, sometimes with shoots, stems erect, branched, flowers campanulate, in sparse cyme, leaves glabrous, pinnate, leaflets lanceolate |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | pale blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | ind |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
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 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 |
Territory | 7 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) |