Showy Jacob's Ladder, Moving Polemonium, Low Jacob's-ladder
Polemonium californicum
Synonyms: Polemonium columbianum, Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. tricolor, Polemonium pucherrimum var. calycinum
The photo above shows showy jacob's ladder as seen at PO Saddle at the end of the Hells Canyon Rim Road in Hells Canyon NRA.........June 28, 2008.
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Showy Jacob's ladder spotted in bloom at the Road's End Trailhead near the end of FS Road 4016, Malheur National Forest.....July 7, 2023.
The photo above shows a close-up of a flower
of showy Jacob's ladder as seen along the road to King's Mt. at ~ 4160' on the
southeastern side of Mt. Adams........May 28, 2005.
The photo above shows a close-up sideview of
the flowers and calyx of showy Jacob's ladder as seen along the road to King's
Mt. at ~ 4160' on the southeastern side of Mt. Adams..........May 28,
2005.
The photo above shows the flowers of showy
Jacob's ladder as seen along the road to King's Mt. at ~ 4160' on the southeastern
side of Mt. Adams..........May 28, 2005.
The basal leaf of showy jacob's ladder as seen in a cleft in
a cliff at 6700' on the Ridge of Wonders. The leaflets are each 10-20 mm long
while the blade is a good 15 cm long..........August 12,
2006. Note that the terminal 3 leaflets are partially joined at the base, a characteristic of this species.
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Two close-ups of low jacob's ladder as seen on Wedge Mt., Wenatchee National Forest.........June 8, 2009. This is an attractive plant useful for the woodland garden or at the back of the rock garden.
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Close-ups of the glandular calyx and pinnately compound leaf of low jacob's ladder as seen on Wedge Mt., Wenatchee National Forest........June 8, 2009. Note again the terminal 3 leaflets that are partially joined at the base as well as the hairy appearance of the leaflets.
California polemonium growing at the meadow edge at Indian Springs Campground, Malheur National Forest.......July 1, 2010.
Paul Slichter