ANNUAL JACOB’S-LADDER

Class: Polemonium micranthum

Family: PHLOX FAMILY

Sub Family: Polemoniaceae

Year: Annual

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Colour: White to bluish-white

Height: 15 cm (6")

Each Flower: 5 mm (3/16") across and deep saucer-shaped with 5 broadly pointed petals; 10 short stamens; 5 hairy, pointed sepals often longer than petals; opposite each flower is a small leaf divided into opposite, tiny segments

Leaves: Have short hairy stalks before bearing several opposite pairs of hairy leaflets, resembling a ladder

Stems: Simply branched and hairy

Blooming Period: April - May

Habitat: Moist fields and banks, frequently with sagebrush

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