Yellow Flowers and Lichen

Polemonium brandegeei
Polemonium brandegeei

For once, I’m more sure of the Latin name of this flower than of the common name. The Latin name is Polemonium brandegeei. I found them near the top of the Sandias (New Mexico). Their common name might be Yellow Jacob’s Ladder or it might be Yellow Sky Pilot — or perhaps neither. Regardless, I loved the way they looked with a background of orange lichen.