[The Phlox Family in Mt. Adams Country]

Polemoniums and Jacob's Ladders in Mt. Adams Country

The Genus Polemonium

Inflorescence of Sky-pilot: Polemonium elegans

Sky-pilot: Polemonium elegans

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) -

Elegant Jacob's-ladder, Elegant Polemonium, Sky-pilot: Polemonium elegans -

Littlebells Polemonium, Annual Polemonium, Annual Jacob's-ladder: Polemonium micranthum (Synonym: Polemoniella micrantha) -

Western Polemonium: Polemonium occidentale (Synonyms: Polemonium caeruleum ssp. amygdalium, Polemonium caeruleum ssp. occidentale, Polemonium caeruleum var. pterospermum, Polemonium helleri, Polemonium intermedium, Polemonium occidentale ssp. amygdalium, Polemonium occidentale ssp. occidentale, Polemonium occidentale ssp. typicum) -

Low Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium pulcherrimum var. pulcherrimum (Synonyms: Polemonium berryi, Polemonium fasciculatum, Polemonium haydenii, Polemonium humile, Polemonium lindleyi, Polemonium pilosum, Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. pulcherrimum, Polemonium pulcherrimum var. lindleyi, Polemonium pulcherrimum var. pilosum, Polemonium shastense) -


A close-up view of the calyces and outer petals of low jacob's ladder (P. pulcherrimum ssp. pulcherrimum) as seen at about 7200' on the Highline Trail #114.

The photo above shows the calyces and outer petals of low jacob's ladder (P. pulcherrimum ssp. pulcherrimum) as seen at about 7200' on the Highline Trail #114.

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