Family
Polemoniaceae (Phlox family)
Navarretia squarrosa. Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
The Polemoniaceae are a family (Jacob’s-ladder or phlox family) of about 25 genera with 270-400 species of annual and perennial plants, native to the Northern Hemisphere and South America, with the center of diversity in western North America, especially in California.