About Polemonium carneum A.Gray
Polemonium carneum A.Gray is a rhizomatous perennial herb. It produces one or more decumbent or erect stems that reach a maximum height of around one meter. Its leaves are compound, each bearing up to 21 leaflets. The leaflets are covered in sticky hairs, are somewhat lance-shaped, and grow up to 4 centimeters long. The inflorescence is an open, spreading cluster that holds 3 to 7 flowers, each borne on a thin peduncle. Individual flowers are widely bell-shaped, with a five-lobed corolla that can spread to nearly 3 centimeters wide. The corolla can be any shade of pale pink, salmon pink, yellow, or pale lavender to medium purple. This plant is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental in gardens. It grows in lowlands, prairies, and at moderate elevations in mountains, where it inhabits woody thickets, open moist forests, prairie edges, and roadsides.
