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Polemonium vanbruntiae
Also called Jacob's Ladder, Van Brunt's Jacob's Ladder, Bog Jacob's Ladder, Appalachian Jacob's Ladder, Van Brunt's Polemonium
Polemonium vanbruntiae is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family Polemoniaceae. It is known by the common names Appalachian Jacob's ladder, bog Jacob's-ladder, and Vanbrunt's polemonium. It is native to eastern Canada and the northeastern United States.
Polemonium vanbruntiae can be found from New Brunswick and Quebec south to Maryland and West Virginia. It is not common anywhere but it is probably most abundant in New York. It tolerates a wide variety of wetland habitat types including swamps, bogs, marshes, and wet spots along roadsides. Its habitat is often saturated, but not flooded.
Polemonium vanbruntiae is sometimes cultivated for garden use.
Tall Jacob's-ladder · 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
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Polemonium vanbruntiae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
