WILDFLOWERS OF NEW MEXICO
WILDFLOWERS OF NEW MEXICO
Clusters of erect, leafy stems reach 3–10-inches tall with dense arrays of pale-yellow to white, funnel-shaped flowers on the tips. Note the oval leaflets are glandular-hairy, have a musky skunk-like odor, and are almost in whorls. The long floral tube is adapted for hummingbird and hawk moth pollination.
FLOWERS: May–July. Stem-tip clusters have numerous flowers with a 3/4–1 1/8-inch (20–30 mm) long tube that spreads open with 5 rounded, petal-like lobes; 5 yellow stamens nestle in the mouth of the throat with a longer 3-lobed style.
LEAVES: Mostly basal, 3/4–7 3/4-inches (2–20 cm) long with numerous oval leaflets densely covered with glandular hairs. Stem leaves similar, alternate; leaflets 3/16–3/8-inch (4–10 mm) long, spaced in whorl-like clusters along midrib.
HABITAT: Rock outcrops, limestone ledges, rocky soils; subalpine meadows, spruce-fir forests.
ELEVATION: 9,000–12,400 feet.
RANGE: CO, NM, WY.
SIMILAR SPECIES: The funnel-shaped, yellow to white flowers and segmented leaves separate this from other mountain wildflowers.
NM COUNTIES: High-elevation habitats in Bernalillo, Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Taos.
YELLOW SKY PILOT
POLEMONIUM BRANDEGEEI
Phlox Family, Polemoniaceae
Perennial herb
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