Polemonium caeruleum

Also known as Jacob's-ladder, Greek valerian, Charity, Great valerian, Blue Jacob's ladder

species of plant

In the Vinony graph

Within Vinony's link graph, Polemonium caeruleum is referenced by 30 other articles, and connects out to plant, Carl Linnaeus and International Standard Book Number.

It is catalogued under topics including Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus, Commons link from Wikidata and Garden plants.

Its subject is documented across 31 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Pretty Jacob's-ladder

SPECIES

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderEricales
FamilyPolemoniaceae

Native toAltay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Russia, China South-Central, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain

Observations8,744

Observations recorded34,974

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records: 2,392
With media: 1,636
Family: Polemoniaceae
Collections: QUE, MICH, CHSC, DBG, YPM, US
Recorded in: Canada, India, Pakistan, United States, Russian Federation, China, Russia

iDigBio →

Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Polemonium
Image: Polemonium caeruleum nf.jpg
Has use: medicinal plant

Show 9 more facts

Commons gallery: Polemonium caeruleum
taxon name: Polemonium caeruleum
taxon rank: species
Commons category: Polemonium caeruleum
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=29176
taxon common name: 花荵
taxon range: Xinjiang
short name: P. caeruleum
taxon author citation: L.

Sources (6)

via Wikidata · CC0

~2 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Polemonium caeruleum, known as Jacob's-ladder or Greek valerian, is a hardy perennial flowering plant. The plant produces cup-shaped, blue or white flowers. It is native to temperate regions of Europe. It is the type species of the phlox family, Polemoniaceae.

Growth

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Polemonium caeruleum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.