Elegant Jacob's-ladder, Elegant Polemonium, Sky-pilot
Polemonium elegans
The photo above shows the attractive flowers
of sky-pilot. Photographed at the summit of Little Mt. Adams on the southeastern
flanks of Mt. Adams.........July 16, 2005.
Locations on Mt. Adams where this species
has been seen:
1. Little Mt. Adams.
2. Moraine above High Camp.
3. Moraine above the head of Hell Roaring Meadows.
4. Highline Trail above and to the southeast of
Foggy Flats.
5. Open, rocky slopes above Foggy Flats.
The photo above shows the cluster of basal
leaves of sky-pilot as seen at about 6700' along the Highline Trail #114 on
the northern slopes of Mt. Adams........July 11, 2005. The densely glandular,
pinnately compound leaves of sky-pilot bear more than 20 small, closely overlapping
leaflets.
The photo above shows a large cluster of sky-pilot
as seen in the shadow of a cliff at 6700' on the Ridge of Wonders.........August
12, 2006.
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Elegant polemonium observed between 7000' and 7200' on the north side of Mt. Adams beneath the North Clever and Lava Glaciers.........August 11, 2016.
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The photo above left shows the flowers of sky-pilot
as seen in the shadow of a cliff at 6700' on the Ridge of Wonders.........August
12, 2006. The photo at right shows the flowers of sky-pilot as seen above High Camp at the base of the terminal moraine of the Adams Glacier, Mt. Adams........August 12, 2016.
The photo above shows the longer corolla tube
of sky-pilot as seen on a moraine at the base of a lake above High Camp on the
north side of Mt. Adams.........August 2, 2003. The flowers of the other species
of Polemonium on Mt. Adams have shorter, more bell-shaped corollas.
Sky-pilot still in bloom at about 7000' on lateral moraines above the terminal morain of the Adams Glacier, Mt. Adams Wilderness......July 19, 2018.
Ridge of Wonders.........August
12, 2006.
Paul Slichter