Polemonium pulcherrimum var. calycinum
Showy Polemonium

Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox family)

Photo taken at Swauk Pass, partially shaded woods

Flowers:

corolla blue with a yellow center, up to 17 mm, campanulate, as wide as long or wider; calyx lobes longer than tube

Fruit:

Leaves:

leaves mostly 10 to 35 mm long by 5 to 15 mm wide

Plant:

perennial; 2 to 3 dm tall, up to 5 dm; stems clustered from a branched caudex

Habitat:

moist to dry, often rocky slopes, middle elevations in mountains

Distribution of species:

Cascade-Sierran region, east to central Idaho and western Montana

Distribution of genus:

more or less 20 species: America and Eurasia