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Fewflower Jacob's-ladder

Polemonium pauciflorum

Also called Few Flowered Jacob's Ladder, Few Flowered Polemonium, Yellow Jacob's Ladder

Fewflower Jacob's-ladder
Photo: Ghislain118 (AD) http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Polemoniaceae (Polemoni family)
Native range
N. Mexico (to Jalisco)
Climate
subtropical

About

Polemonium pauciflorum, the fewflower Jacob's-ladder, is a rare species of flowering plant in the phlox family found in the United States and Mexico.

Other Polemonium plants

Tall Jacob's-ladder · Northern Jacob's-ladder · Brandegee's Jacob's-ladder · Jacob's Ladder · Moving polemonium · Royal Jacob's-ladder · Mason's Jacob's-ladder · Rocky Mountain Jacob's-ladder · Mount Eddy Jacob's-ladder · Elegant Jacob's-ladder · Skypilot · Towering Jacob's-ladder

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Polemonium pauciflorum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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