Common Name -  Jacob's Ladder
	Scientific Name - Polemonium reptans
	Family Name -  Phlox (Polemoniaceae)
Season	Late spring early summer perennial.
Habitat	Moist rich woods, bottomlands
Flower	Blue, bell-shaped with 5 lobes, tubes short, stamens recessed. Clusters terminal and hang downwards.
Leaves	Opposite, pinnately compound, leaflets oval or lance shaped, Plant stems are weak, often reclining.
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