Polemoniaceae
Jacob's-ladder
Polemonium pulcherrimum
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Polemonium
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- بولامون باهر
- Czech
- Jirnice nejkrásnější
- English
- Jacob's-ladder, Beautiful Jacob's-ladder, Showy Jacob's-ladder, Skunk-leaved polemonium
- Icelandic
- Jósefsstigi
Synonyms
- Polemonium caeruleum var. pulcherrimum (Hook.) Hook.
- Polemonium humile f. pulcherrimum (Hook.) Voss
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John Brew, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John Brew, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Justin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jerry Friedman, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.