| Description | A North American wildflower with blue flowers. Best for shaded moist sites. |
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| Pronunciation | (po-lee-MO-nee-um)(se-RU-lee-um) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Wild Flowers |
| Hardiness Zone | 2-7 |
| Sunlight | part sun, partial sun, shade, the further north in it's range the more sun it will tolerate |
| Moisture | average, moist, never dry |
| Soil & Site | average, moist |
| Temperature | grows best in the cooler climates |
| Flowers | light to dark blue, yellow stamens borne on drooping terminal cymes |
| Leaves | green, odd-pinnate compound, up to 20 leaflets or more, can be evergreen |
| Dimensions | 18 to 24 inches high |
| Maintenance | in favorable condition's will reseed, plants can be cut back to basal foliage |
| Propagation | seed, division |
| Misc Facts | Polemonion was the greek name for a medicinal plant associated with Polemon, a philosphher, or the King Polemon. In Greek the word Polemos means warlike. |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage), #49-The History and Folklore of North American Wildflowers (Timothy Coffey), #100-Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (Merel Black and Emmet Judziewicz), #165-Wildflower Perennials for Your Garden (Bebe Miles) |
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