Polemonium occidentale ssp. occidentale Calflora

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Taxon Report

Polemonium occidentale Greene ssp. occidentale

(not an active name)

Western polemonium

Polemonium occidentale ssp. occidentale is a perennial herb that is native to California.

also called Polemonium occidentale


	Plant Range Observation Search ~268 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Parent:	Polemonium occidentale
Genus:	Polemonium
Family:	Polemoniaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Polemonium caeruleum ssp. amygdalium
PLANTS	Polemonium caeruleum ssp. occidentale
PLANTS	Polemonium caeruleum var. pterospermum
PLANTS	Polemonium helleri
PLANTS	Polemonium intermedium
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Information about Polemonium occidentale ssp. occidentale from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. USDA PLANTS Profile (POOCO) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/12/2025).