Polemonium viscosum

Taxobox
name = "Polemonium viscosum"

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image_height = 280px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Polemoniaceae
genus = "Polemonium"
species = "P. viscosum"
binomial = "Polemonium viscosum"
binomial_authority = Nutt.

"Polemonium viscosum" (common names Sky Pilot, Skunkweed, Sticky Jacobs-ladder) is a flowering plant in the genus "Polemonium" native to western North America from southern British Columbia east to Montana and south to Arizona and New Mexico, where it grows at high altitudes on dry, rocky sites.

It is a perennial herbaceous plant growing 10-30 cm tall, with pinnate leaves up to 15 cm long with numerous small spoon-shaped leaflets 1.5-6 mm long and 1-3 mm broad. It has purple flowers 17-25 mm long.

It is grown as an ornamental plant in rock gardens.

External links

* [http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Polemonium+viscosum Plants of British Columbia: "Polemonium viscosum"]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=povi_004_ahp.tif NRCS: USDA Plants Profile "Polemonium viscosum"] , [http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=povi_005_ahp.tif] , Range Map-(w/out CA): [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=POVI]