Sky Pilot
Polemonium viscosum
Sky pilot is a high-alpine cushion plant of rocky scree and tundra, crowned with fragrant violet-blue flower clusters over sticky, skunky foliage. A prize for the alpine rock garden.
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.3–1 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- blue
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY
Related native plants
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- Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium reptans)
- Showy Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium pulcherrimum)
- Leafy Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium foliosissimum)
- Western Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium occidentale)