Western Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium occidentale = P. coeruleum
Polemoniaceae
(Phlox Family)

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Line Drawing of Polemonium occidentale Greene
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS.
Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species.
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Located
in a wetland in Charleston, Wasatch County, Utah,  23 - 28 June 2013.

Characteristics
Perennial,  up to three feet tall, one main stem (Leafy Jacob's Ladder has many stems), Five petaled blooms are purple, anthers bright yellow, leaves have a skunky odor, blooms in late spring,

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