Polemonium eddyense

Mount eddy sky pilot, Mount Eddy Sky Pilot

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Mount eddy sky pilot is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges at Mount Eddy on serpentine soils at elevations of 2,649 to 2,750 meters. Flowering from July to August, this plant produces violet and yellow flowers in tight heads with a funnel-shaped corolla about 15 millimeters wide. Growing as a densely glandular-hairy, cespitose herb with erect stems 6.5 to 11 centimeters tall, occasionally tinged with reddish coloration. Its basal leaves have 16 to 26 small leaflets, each 1 to 6 millimeters long and divided into 2 to 5 lobes, with membranous sheathing petiole bases. The compact fruit is 4.5 to 5 millimeters long, containing 7 to 9 dark brown seeds.

Habitat: Serpentine soils

Bloom period: Jul-Aug

Elevation: 2649-2750 m

Bioregions: KR (Mount Eddy).

California counties: Siskiyou, Trinity

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.