Polemoniaceae
Moving polemonium
Polemonium californicum
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Polemonium
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Moving polemonium, Low Jacob's-ladder
- German
- Kalifornische Jakobsleiter
Synonyms
- Polemonium californicum f. oreades (Gand.) Wherry
- Polemonium californicum f. oregonense (Gand.) Wherry
- Polemonium californicum f. paddoense (Gand.) Wherry
- Polemonium californicum subsp. columbianum (Rydb.) Wherry
- Polemonium calycinum Eastw.
- Polemonium columbianum Rydb.
- Polemonium oreades Gand.
- Polemonium oregonense Gand.
- Polemonium paddoense Gand.
- Polemonium pulcherrimum subsp. tricolor (Eastw.) Brand
- Polemonium pulcherrimum var. calycinum (Eastw.) Brand
- Polemonium tricolor Eastw.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.