Common names: Moving Polemonium, Showy Jacob's Ladder, Low Jacob's-ladder
(SYN. P. pulcherrimum var. calyeiuum; & subsp. tricolor)
USDA no longer lists any varieties.
Note the flowers are on separate hairy stems and the plant can be bigger than some keys show,
the leaves are unique. Larger than P. pulcherrimum. Grows at mid to high elevation amongst trees on both sides of the Cascades.
east Central Cascades
TRAIL: Blue Creek;
HABITAT: montane forest
ELEVATION: 1,400 m (4,600 ft)
BLOOM TIME: 01-JUL