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*[http://www.missouriplants.com/Blueopp/Phlox_divaricata_page.html Missouri Plants: ''Phlox divaricata''] |
*[http://www.missouriplants.com/Blueopp/Phlox_divaricata_page.html Missouri Plants: ''Phlox divaricata''] |
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==Gallery== |
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Image:Phlox divaricata.JPG|Blue Phlox. |
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[[Category:Polemoniaceae]] |
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Revision as of 00:41, 27 April 2008
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Phlox divaricata (Wild phlox, Wild blue phlox, Woodland phlox or Wild Sweet William) is a flowering plant in the genus Phlox. It is native to forests and fields in the eastern United States and Canada, ranging from Canada in the north, Florida in the south, Texas in the west and Quebec and New England in the east.
Wild phlox grows 25-50 cm tall with opposite, unstalked leaves 2.5-5 cm in length. The flowers are produced in early spring, 2-4 cm in diameter, with the five-lobed corolla a pale bluish violet or purple in color.
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Blue Phlox.
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