Polemonium eximium

Polemonium eximium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Polemonium
Species:
P. eximium
Binomial name
Polemonium eximium

Polemonium eximium, the skypilot[1] or showy sky pilot,[2] is a perennial plant in the phlox family (Polemoniaceae) that grows at high altitudes (mostly above 10,000 feet (3,000 m)).[3] It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada in California where it grows in the talus of the high mountain slopes.[3][4]

Wildflower enthusiasts consider it to be among the best of the Sierra wildflowers, and highly rewarding to find.[3]

  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Polemonium eximium​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Taxon Report 6714, Polemonium eximium". Calflora. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Sierra Nevada Wildflowers, Elizabeth Horn, Mountain Press Publishing Co., ISBN 0878423885, 1998, p. 126
  4. ^ Sierra Nevada Wildflowers, Karen Wiese, 2nd ed., 2013