| 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. |
| May 2009 at my home |
May 2009 at my home |
May 2009 at my home |
| May 2009 at my home |
May 2009 at my home |
| May 2009 at my home |