Polemoniaceae
Greek valerian
Polemonium reptans
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Polemonium
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- جذر الخراج
- Bulgarian
- Пълзящ полемониум
- Chinese
- 匍匐花荵
- English
- Greek valerian, Long's Jacob's-ladder
- French
- Polémoine rampante
- German
- Kriechende Jakobsleiter, Kriechendes Sparrkraut
- Hungarian
- Indás csatavirág
- Icelandic
- Dvergastigi
- Malayalam
- പോളിമോണിയം റെപ്റ്റൻസ്
- Persian
- پلمنیوم رپتنس
- Russian
- Синюха ползучая
- Swedish
- Krypblågull
Synonyms
- Polemonium humile Salisb.
- Polemonium longii Fernald
- Polemonium quadriflorum Raf.
- Polemonium reptans f. macrophyllum (Brand) Wherry
- Polemonium reptans f. quadriflorum (Raf.) Wherry
- Polemonium reptans f. villosum (E.L.Braun) Wherry
- Polemonium reptans var. macrophyllum Brand
- Polemonium reptans var. reptans
- Polemonium reptans var. villosum E.L.Braun
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Rose Zappa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Connor Wood, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Andrew St. Paul, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: ilana.subramanya, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Adam Kranz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: BeckyLaboy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: brewma01, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Yann Kemper, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: BeckyLaboy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: tecantwell.2020, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
More in Polemonium
- Jacob's ladderPolemonium caeruleumPolemoniaceae
- Northern Jacob's-ladderPolemonium borealePolemoniaceae
- Jacob's-ladderPolemonium pulcherrimumPolemoniaceae
- Sticky polemoniumPolemonium viscosumPolemoniaceae
- Elegant Jacob's-ladderPolemonium elegansPolemoniaceae
- Tall Jacob's-ladderPolemonium villosumPolemoniaceae
- Towering Jacob's-ladderPolemonium foliosissimumPolemoniaceae
- Fewflower Jacob's-ladderPolemonium pauciflorumPolemoniaceae
- Vanbrunt's polemoniumPolemonium van-bruntiaePolemoniaceae
- Brandegee's Jacob's-ladderPolemonium brandegeeiPolemoniaceae
- Royal Jacob's-ladderPolemonium carneumPolemoniaceae
- SkypilotPolemonium eximiumPolemoniaceae
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.