Polemonium carneum is a plant native to the northwestern United States west of the crest of the Cascade Range, from Washington south through Oregon to the San Francisco Bay Area in California.

It grows in the lowlands and in prairies to moderate elevations in the mountains, and inhabits woody thickets, open and moist forests, prairie edges, and roadsides.

[2] This is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing one or more stems decumbent in form or erect to a maximum height near one meter.

The inflorescence is an open, spreading cluster of 3 to 7 flowers each borne on a thin peduncle.

The flower corolla may be any shade of pale pink, salmon pink, yellow, or pale lavender to medium purple.