California Polemonium, Low Jacob's-ladder, Moving Polemonium, Showy Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium californicum
Synonyms: Polemonium columbianum, Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. tricolor, Polemonium pucherrimum var. calycinum
- ![California Polemonium, Low Jacob's-ladder, Moving Polemonium, Showy Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum (Synonyms: Polemonium columbianum, Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. tricolor, Polemonium pucherrimum var. calycinum)](californicum/californicum07-10-2020c.jpg)
- ![Leaf of California Polemonium, Low Jacob's-ladder, Moving Polemonium, Showy Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum (Synonyms: Polemonium columbianum, Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. tricolor, Polemonium pucherrimum var. calycinum)](californicum/californicum07-10-2020d.jpg)
California jacob's ladder beginning to bloom along the upper half of the Shorthorn Trail #12, Mt. Adams Wilderness......July 10, 2020.
Locations on Mt. Adams where this species
has been seen:
1. Killen Creek Trail
2. Pacific Crest Trail (Road #23 to Horseshoe Meadows)
3. Shorthorn Trail
4. Round the Mt. Trail (Horseshoe Meadows to Bird Creek Meadows)
- ![Part of the inflorescence of California Polemonium, Showy Jacob's Ladder, Moving Polemonium, Low Jacob's-ladder: Polemonium californicum (Synonyms: Polemonium columbianum, Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. tricolor, Polemonium pucherrimum var. calycinum)](californicum/polemoniumcal2.jpg)
Close-up images 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.
![Inflorescence of California Polemonium, Showy Jacob's Ladder, Moving Polemonium, Low Jacob's-ladder: Polemonium californicum (Synonyms: Polemonium columbianum, Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. tricolor, Polemonium pucherrimum var. calycinum)](californicum/polemoniumcal.jpg)
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.
![Basal leaf of California Polemonium, Showy Jacob's Ladder, Moving Polemonium, Low Jacob's-ladder: Polemonium californicum (Synonyms: Polemonium columbianum, Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. tricolor, Polemonium pucherrimum var. calycinum)](californicum/polemoniumcal3a.jpg)
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.
Paul Slichter