[10000thingsofthepnw.com] Common Name Meaning: This rather spectacular member of the phlox family (Polemoniaceae) also goes by the names of western sky-pilot, western polemonium, and giant polemonium. The common name Jacob’s ladder refers to the supposed resemblance of the opposing, but slightly offset, leaflets to the biblical Jacob’s vision of a ladder to heaven. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
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