Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:162. 1753
Verified:
05/30/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
charity – Greek-valerian – Jacob's-ladder – Portuguese (Brazil)
escada-de-jacob – polemônio – Swedish
blågull –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Armenia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Heilongjiang Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jilin Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Liaoning Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Nei Mongol Zizhiqu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | n.w. |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Hokkaidô | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Honshu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Kyushu | n. |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea, North | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Mongolia | Mongolia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Russian Far East | Russian Federation | Amur | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Russian Far East | Russian Federation | Kamchatka | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Russian Far East | Russian Federation | Kurile Islands | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Russian Far East | Russian Federation | Primorye | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Russian Far East | Russian Federation | Sakhalin | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Altay | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Gorno-Altay | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Kemerovo | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Krasnoyarsk | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Kurgan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Novosibirsk | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Omsk | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Tomsk | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Tuva | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Tyumen | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | n.? |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Belarus | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Estonia | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Latvia | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Lithuania | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Moldova | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation-European part | European part | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Ukraine | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Austria | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Czech Republic | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Germany | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Poland | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Slovakia | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Switzerland | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Finland | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Norway | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Sweden | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Bosnia and Herzegovina | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Romania | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Serbia | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Subarctic America | Canada | Northwest Territories | w. |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Subarctic America | Canada | Yukon | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Subarctic America | United States | Alaska | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Alberta | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | British Columbia | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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WESTERN ASIA:
Turkey
-
CAUCASUS:
Armenia
-
SIBERIA:
Russian Federation [Gorno-Altay, Tuva, Altay, Krasnoyarsk, Kemerovo, Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Tyumen]
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MONGOLIA:
Mongolia
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RUSSIAN FAR EAST:
Russian Federation [Kurile Islands, Primorye, Amur, Kamchatka, Sakhalin]
-
CHINA:
China [Heilongjiang Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng (n.w.)]
-
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Hokkaidô, Honshu, Kyushu (n.)], Korea, North
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Nepal, Pakistan (n.?)
Europe
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
Finland, United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Slovakia
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EASTERN EUROPE:
Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Serbia
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
France
Northern America
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SUBARCTIC AMERICA:
Canada [Northwest Territories (w.), Yukon], United States [Alaska]
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WESTERN CANADA:
Canada [Alberta, British Columbia]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
| Medicines | folklore | astringent and sudorific | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1969. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. 8:183. |
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