Spreading Jacob's Ladder is a 1-1/2 to three-foot perennial, native wildflower in Wisconsin. Its blue, bell-shaped, 3/4-inch flowers are crowded in elongate, openly branched clusters. It has compound leaves that have many leaflets arranged along a central stalk. The leaflets are lance-shaped, pointed at the tip, and have smooth edges. The leaves are alternately attached to the stem and vary in size and number of leaflets. It grows in wet, open conifer woodlands or meadow edges. (EW)