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Habitat: |
rich, moist woods |
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Plant Height: |
30-45 cm, decumbent |
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Flower Color: |
blue |
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Flower: |
complete; perfect; 5 lobes; 5 stamens equal with corolla length; stigma 3-lobed and protruding |
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Inflorescence: |
corymb (flat-topped flower cluster in which individual flower stalks grow upward from various points of main stem to approximately the same height) |
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Fruit: |
capsule |
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Leaves: |
alternate; basal; pinnately compound; entire; 5-21 oblong to lanceolate to oblanceolate to oval leaflets |
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Bloom Time: |
April-May |
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Origins: |
native |
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Other: |
very similar to P. van-bruntiae and the common names (Greek Valerian and Jacob's Ladder are often interchangeable); P. van-bruntiae has stamens that are longer than petals, blooms slightly later and typically prefers moister habitats
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