Polemonium confertum, July 9, 2025
Mountain Boy, July 2, 2025
Species
Rocky Mountain sky pilot, Polemonium confertum
Family
Phlox, Polemoniaceae
Location
Ruby, 12,500’
Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact
If you’ve ever been scrambling along a rocky alpine ridge and swore you smelled a skunk, you were (sort of) correct! Sky pilot, a common but striking tundra flower, sometimes goes by the name “Skunkweed,” owing to the strong odor it sometimes puts out.