Volume IV (1988) - Flora of New Zealand Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons
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Polemonium L.

POLEMONIUM L.

Herbs, mainly perennial. Lvs alternate, pinnate. Fls in terminal or axillary, congested or lax cymes, sessile to pedicellate, often showy. Calyx ± campanulate; lobes broad, accrescent, not ruptured by capsule at maturity. Corolla campanulate to rotate or funnelform; lobes spathulate to rounded. Stamens inserted equally on corolla tube, usually exserted. Style usually exserted. Capsule 3-locular, ovoid to subglobose, 3-lobed. Seeds usually several to each loculus, ± oblong to ellipsoid, sometimes mucilaginous when wet.

20-25 spp., mostly temperate America, few Eurasia. Naturalised sp. 1.

Several small N. American Polemonium spp. are cultivated in rock gardens.