Polemonium humile

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Polemonium humile in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Polemonium humile, Willd. (P. Rlchardsonii, Graham). Low, slender plant from somewhat creeping rootstocks, about 9 in. high: lfts. 15-21, 2-6 lines long: fls. bell- shaped, blue or purplish. July. Aug. Arctic regions. B.M. 2800 (yellow eye). G.C. II. 19:793. B.R. 1303 (as P. caeruleum var. piliferum). It has the odor of ripened grapes. Brand combines this plant with P. lanatum, Pallas, of the Arctic Zone and the Altai region, making this form P. lanatum var. humile, Brand, with a wide range in the high N. P. Richardsonii, referred here, was raised from seeds collected at Great Bear Lake. The plant cult, as P. Richardsonii grows about 18 in. high, and bears profusely of bright blue fls. (varying to white in var. album, Hort.); probably the best of the genus, and in need of botanical study. Aside from references above, portraits occur in Gn. 78, p. 615; G.M. 45:494; Gn.W. 5:757; J.H. III. 54:101. Var. pulchellum, Gray (P. pulchellum, Bunge. P. lanalum var. pulchellum, Brand). Differs in naving smaller fls. ranging from violet and lavender to nearly white and in the viscid pubescence, which is minute. Arctic coast and southward according to Gray, but restricted by Brand to Asia (Altai region). CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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