Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest on the Olympic Peninsula and southwestern Washington; Olympic Peninsula to California.
Habitat: Thickets, woodlands and forest openings, from near sea level to moderate elevations in the mountains.
Flowers: May-July
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Threatened in Washington (WANHP)
Pollination: Bumblebees
Perennial from a woody rhizome, the loosely clustered stems 3-10 dm. tall, with sticky hairs at least in the inflorescence.
Leaves alternate, pinnate, the leaflets 11-19, lanceolate to ovate or elliptic, thin and pointed, 1.5-4.5 cm. long and 6-23 mm. wide; basal leaves long-petiolate, cauline leaves less so, the stem appearing leafy.
Inflorescence open, the flowers few with long pedicels; calyx herbaceous, 7.5-14 mm. long, the 5 lobes about equal to the tube; corolla bell-shaped, 18-28 mm. long, the lobes longer than the tube, variously colored, flesh-colored to salmon or yellow, sometimes lavender or purple; style 3-parted; ovary superior.
Capsule 3-celled.
Publication: Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 151. 1878.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Polemonium carneum in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Polemonium carneum checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Polemonium carneum information.
E-Flora BC: Polemonium carneum atlas page.
CalPhotos: Polemonium carneum photos.
USDA Plants: Polemonium carneum information.
