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Polemonium caeruleum (charity)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Polemonium caeruleum, known as Jacob's-ladder or Greek valerian, is a hardy perennial flowering plant. The plant produces cup-shaped, lavender-coloured or white flowers. It is native to temperate regions of Europe.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Bee Flower Color [2]  Blue
Flower Color [2]  Blue
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [3]  Bees
Structure [5]  Herb
Height [3]  16 inches (0.4 m)
Width [3]  16 inches (0.4 m)
Light Preference [4]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [4]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [4]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [4]  Moist
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Protected Areas

Predators

Neodidymelliopsis polemonii[6]
Septoria polemonii[6]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Platycheirus scutatus[6]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Podosphaera polemonii[6]
Puccinia polemonii[6]

Citations

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1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
4ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
5Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
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