Polemonium reptans
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Polemonium reptans, Linn. Greek Valerian. Fig. 3091. Height 1 ft. or less: slender, weak and diffuse but never creeping (as the name would indicate): foliage not viscid or glandular; lfts. 5-15. from lance-oblong to broad-ovate, acute, entire: fls. light blue, 1/2 in across, in a loose panicle-like cluster terminating the st.; corolla 1/2 3/4 in long in cult., about 1/2 in. or more broad; calyx-lobes acute or obtuse; stamens not exserted: caps, about 3-seeded. Open woods, N. Y. to Ala., west to Minn, and Kans. April, May. B.M. 1887.-Said to be an easy prey to snails, especially in winter, when they attack the rootstocks.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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