Showy Jacob's Ladder, Moving Polemonium, Low Jacob's-ladder: Polemonium californicum (Synonyms: Polemonium columbianum, Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. tricolor, Polemonium pucherrimum var. calycinum)

Skunkweed blooming at left under whitebark snags along the summit ridge of Lookout Mountain, northern boundary of the Badger Creek Wilderness..........July 17, 2017. Skunkweed blooming at right under whitebark snags along the summit ridge of Lookout Mountain, northern boundary of the Badger Creek Wilderness..........June 21, 2014.

Close-up images of a flower of of the outer surfaces of the petals and sepals of showy Jacob's ladder as seen along the road to King's Mt. at ~ 4160' on the southeastern side of Mt. Adams..........May 28, 2005.

The photo at left shows the flowers of California jacob's ladder as seen along the road to King's Mt. at ~ 4160' on the southeastern side of Mt. Adams..........May 28, 2005. The photo at right shows California jacob's ladder blooming in open woods along the Timberline Trail at Mount Hood Meadows Ski Area.......July 6, 2019.

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California jacob's ladder as seen at left and center in open forest along the Goat Ridge Trail #95, Goat Rocks Wilderness.......July 12, 2018. The image at right shows California jacob's ladder in bloom alng the Timberline Trail at the Mount Hood Meadows Ski Area......July 2, 2025.

The basal leaf of showy jacob's ladder as seen in a cleft in a cliff at 6700' on the Ridge of Wonders. The leaflets are each 10-20 mm long while the blade is a good 15 cm long..........August 12, 2006.