Phlox stolonifera
| Phlox stolonifera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Polemoniaceae |
| Genus: | Phlox |
| Species: | P. stolonifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Phlox stolonifera Sims 1802
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Phlox stolonifera (creeping phlox or moss phlox) is an herbaceous, stoloniferous, perennial, plant that is native to woodlands in the vicinity of the Appalachian Mountains from Pennsylvania south to northern Georgia in the United States. Naturalized populations occur as far north as Québec, Canada.[1]
Its flowers are pale purple, pink, or white; 2–2.5 cm (0.79–0.98 in) in diameter; with a five-lobed corolla and yellow stamens; and borne on stems that are 15–25 cm (6–10 in) tall. They lack the central band of color that is present in the flowers of Phlox subulata.[2]
The leaves are ovate. Those on creeping stems are 3–4.5 cm (1.2–1.8 in) long and 1.8 cm (0.71 in) broad, and those on the erect flowering stems are smaller, 2 cm (1 in) long.[2]
Gallery
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Large patch of phlox -
Creeping stems at edge of patch
References
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ a b Sims, John. 1802. Curtis's botanical magazine, plate 563 and preceding unnumbered textual page full-page color illustration, description, and commentary.
External links
- Discover Life, University of Georgia (includes distribution map)
- North Carolina State University
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