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[[File:Jacob's Ladder Polemonium reptens Flowers and Wasp 1479px.jpg|thumb|right|''creeping Jacob's ladder'', ''Polemonium reptans'']]
'''Polemonium reptans''' is a perennial herbaceous plant native to eastern North America. Common names include '''spreading Jacob's ladder, creeping Jacob's ladder, false Jacob's ladder, abscess root, american Greek valerian, blue bells, stairway to heaven,''' and '''sweatroot'''.
== Description Uses== Jacob's ladder grows 50 centimetres (20 in) tall{{Uses|coughs}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|laryngitis}}, {{Uses|bronchitis}}, {{Uses|fevers}}, {{Uses|snake bite}}, {{Uses|insect bites}}, {{Uses|skin allergies}}, with pinnate leaves up to 20 centimetres (8 in) long with 5–13 leaflets. The leaves and flower stems grow from a vertical crown with abundant fibrous roots.{{Uses| swelling}}
== Uses Chemical Composition==Contains volatile oils, flavonoids, apigenin, luteolin, quercetin, kaempferol, tiliroside, triterpene glycosides including euscapic acid and tormentic acid, phenolic acids, and 3%–21% tannins.
==Common nameProperties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya===
== References Habit== <references><ref name="des">[http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/jacob_ladder.htm "Polemonium reptans"]</ref><ref name="uses">[http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Polemonium+reptans "Polemonium reptans-plants for future"]</ref></references> {{Habit|Herb}}
==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple||the leaves are compound i.e made up of two or more discrete leaflets}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|blue to purple|5|the flower is radially symmetrical and Flowers Season is June - August}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|General|7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome|clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown|With hooked hairs|}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==Prefers a moist well-drained fertile soil in sun or semi-shade<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpgImage:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg</gallery> ==References== <references> <ref name="Leaf">[https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/polemonium/reptans/ "plant charactaristics"]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Polemonium+reptans "Cultivation details"]</ref></references> == External Links ==* [http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/jacob_ladder.htm Polemonium reptans on illinoise wild flower.information]* [https://carolynsshadegardens.com/tag/polemonium-reptans-blue-pearl/ Polemonium reptans on carolyns shade gardens.com]* [http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=l810 missouri botonical garden]* [http://plants.connon.ca/11100004/Plant/7676/Touch_Of_Class_Jacobs_Ladder/ Polemonium reptans on http://plants.connon.ca]
[[Category:Herbs]]