Polemoniaceae
Mason's Jacob's-ladder
Polemonium chartaceum
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Polemonium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Mason's Jacob's-ladder
Synonyms
- Polemonium confertum var. chartaceum (H.Mason) Jeps.
- Polemonium viscosum subsp. chartaceum (H.Mason) A.E.Murray
- Polemonium viscosum var. chartaceum (H.Mason) A.E.Murray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.