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Polemonium boreale
Stems loosely tufted from a slender branching caudex,10-15cm high,more or less viscid pubescent.Leaves mostly basal,leaflets eliptic,usually 9-12 pairs. Inflorescence more or less capitate,few flowered,pedicels shorter than calyx. Calyx 5-10mm long,lobes lanceolate to oblong,twice as long as broad. Corolla 15-20mm long,blue to violet or rarely white,tube yellowish. 5 stamens inserted at tube,fruit a few to several seeded capsule enclosed in calyx
Alpine meadows,tundra turf,sand dunes and disturbed areas. Amphi-Beringian extending across Alaska and Yukon territory to the MacKenzie and Richardson Mountains of western District of MacKenzie and eastward along the Arctic coast to longitude 117west. In Yukon to Longitude 134 west.
Description from Flora of the Yukon territory William J Cody National Research Council of Canada publication ISBN 0-660-18110-X
Spotted on May 27, 2011
Submitted on Jun 1, 2011
2 Comments
Nice shot
wanted to put this in the wildflowers of North America Mission but it woudn.t access my Missions