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Tall Jacob's-ladder

Polemonium acutiflorum

Tall Jacob's-ladder
Photo: NPS / Jacob W. Frank: Denali National Park and Preserve, Public domain
Family
Polemoniaceae (Polemoni family)

About

Polemonium acutiflorum (syn. P. villosum), known as tall Jacob's-ladder, is a flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae. It is native to much of the northern hemisphere.

Other Polemonium plants

Northern Jacob's-ladder · Brandegee's Jacob's-ladder · Jacob's Ladder · Moving polemonium · Royal Jacob's-ladder · Mason's Jacob's-ladder · Rocky Mountain Jacob's-ladder · Mount Eddy Jacob's-ladder · Elegant Jacob's-ladder · Skypilot · Towering Jacob's-ladder · Annual polemonium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Polemonium acutiflorum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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