Polemonium carneum
Polemoniaceae
Salmon Polemonium
Clumps more or less erect. Plant covered with tiny hairs. Stems leafy. Leaves opposite along stems becoming small upward, divided into lance-shaped leaflets, the uppermost leaflets fused to 2 just below. Flowers 3–7 in open bell-shaped cluster, petals and tube about same length, usually peach, sometimes lavender or white. Grows in openings of moist to dry woods, forests, from sea level to mid elevations.
- Rarity: Locally Common
- Flowering Time: Early Summer
- Flower Form: 5 petals, short trumpets (phlox famly)
- Life Cycle: Perennial
- Height: up to 36 inches
- Habitat: Meadow, West-side Forest
- Found In: Olympic NP, Siskiyous, West Gorge
- Native: Yes
- Also Known As: Royal Polemonium, Great Jacob's Ladder
