Polemonium foliosissimum A.Gray is a plant in the Polemoniaceae family, order Ericales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Polemonium foliosissimum A.Gray

Polemonium foliosissimum A.Gray

Polemonium foliosissimum (towering Jacob's-ladder) is a rare native western US flowering plant in the phlox family that holds a Royal Horticultural Society award under its synonym.

Family
Genus
Polemonium
Order
Ericales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Polemonium foliosissimum A.Gray

Polemonium foliosissimum, commonly known as towering Jacob's-ladder, is a rare flowering plant species belonging to the phlox family, Polemoniaceae. It is native to the western United States, specifically found in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Under its synonym Polemonium archibaldiae, this plant has been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Photo: (c) Bryant Olsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Ericales Polemoniaceae Polemonium

More from Polemoniaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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