Polemonium reptans
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Polemoniaceae |
| Genus: | Polemonium |
| Species: | P. reptans |
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| Polemonium reptans L. |
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Polemonium reptans is a flowering plant in the genus Polemonium, native to eastern North America. Common names include Abscess Root, Creeping or Spreading Jacob's Ladder, False Jacob's Ladder, American Greek Valerian, Blue bells, Stairway to Heaven, and Sweatroot.
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[edit] Growth
It is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to 50 cm tall, with pinnate leaves up to 20 cm long with 5–13 leaflets. The flowers are blue to violet, 1.3 cm long, with a five-lobed corolla.
[edit] Characteristics
The dried roots have a slightly bitter and acrid taste. The root is rarely used in modern herbalism. It is harvested in the autumn and dried for later use.
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Flowers and a wasp
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Flower buds
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Cluster of leaves
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'Stairway to Heaven' variegated Jacob's Ladder at Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
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Categories:
- Polemoniaceae
- Flora of the Great Lakes region (North America)
- Flora of Appalachia (United States)
- Flora of the Northeastern United States
- Flora of the Southeastern United States
- Flora of Eastern Canada
- Native Forbs of Ontario
- Flora of Alabama
- Flora of Maryland
- Plants described in 1759
- Medicinal plants
- Garden plants of North America
- Groundcovers
- Ericales stubs
