Polemonium caeruleum subsp. kiushianum




Family Polemoniaceae
Subfamily Polemonioideae
Scientific name Polemonium caeruleum L. subsp. kiushianum (Kitamura) H. Hara
Synonyms Polemonium kiushianum Kitamura; Polemonium kiushianum Kitamura forma albiflorum Y. N. Lee
Common name (Japanese common name) hanashinobu (ハナシノブ, 花忍 [meaning: flowering ball fern])
(English common name) Japanese Jacob's ladder
Distribution (Japan) Kyushu (Mt. Aso)
(Other nations) none
Habitat Mountane field
Chromosomal number 2n=18?
Description Plants electing 70-100cm tall. Leaves 5-11 pairs leaflets, each 1.5-4cm long, 3-15mm wide. Flowers pale blue corollas 11-15mm long, flowering in June to August. Perennial plants.
Reference Polemonium caeruleum Linnaeus
Development of microsatellite markers for Polemonium kiushianum (Polemoniaceae), a critically endangered grassland plant species in Japan
Note Endemic to Japan. Rare species.



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