JACOB’S-LADDER

Class: Polemonium pulcherrimum

Family: PHLOX FAMILY

Sub Family: Polemoniaceae

Year: Perennial

Other Names: Blue Skunkleaf, Showy Polemonium

Colour: Blue

Height: 5-30 cm (2-12")

Each Flower: 2 cm (3/4") across, shallow bell-shaped with 5 rounded, finely darker-veined petals, orange as they narrow, forming orange centre to flower, 5 stamens with white anthers and pistil with forked stigma protrude beyond petals. Tiny bract where flower-stems branch

Leaves: Mostly basal, up to 20 cm (8") long, with many opposite pairs of small, pointed egg-shaped leaflets and terminal leaflet; stem leaves much smaller

Stems: Herbaceous, smooth below, slightly sticky-haired above; may be reddish-tinged

Blooming Period: May - August

Habitat: Mostly at higher elevations in moist open or wooded, shady areas

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