Polemoniaceae

Polemonium carneum

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
• Life Cycle: Perennial
• Height: up to 36 inches
• Habitat: Meadow, West-Side Forest
• Found In: Olympic NP, West Gorge, Siskiyous
• Native: Yes