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Polemonium reptans (Greek valerian; creeping polemonium)

Synonyms: Polemonium humile (heterotypic); Polemonium quadriflorum; Polemonium reptans f. macrophyllum; Polemonium reptans f. quadriflorum; Polemonium reptans var. macrophyllum

Wikipedia Abstract

Polemonium reptans is a perennial herbaceous plant native to eastern North America. Common names include spreading Jacob's ladder, creeping Jacob's ladder, false Jacob's ladder, abscess root, american Greek valerian, blue bells, stairway to heaven, and sweatroot.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Bees
Structure [3]  Shrub
Usage [2]  A decoction of the whole plant is used as a hair rinse;
Height [2]  12 inches (0.3 m)
Width [2]  14 inches (0.35 m)
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Protected Areas

Predators

Coleophora polemoniella[4]
Papaipema unimoda (Meadow-Rue Borer)[4]
Scrobipalpula polemoniella[4]

Providers

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
5Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
6Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0