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Elegant Polemonium

Polemonium elegans

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Washington.January 26, February 23, March 26, April 34, May 43, June 33, July 81, August 69, September 35, October 24, November 21, December 24.
United States372
Washington330
Canada56
British Columbia50
Oregon41
Alberta6
Kansas1

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Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Group and habits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderHeathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies · Ericales
Familyphlox family · Polemoniaceae
GenusJacob's ladders · Polemonium

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