...Variable
...Dry
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phlox amoena
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox amoena ssp. amoena
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 159-01-005:
Phlox amoena
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Phlox, Chalice Phlox
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_phlox_amoena_4
March
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Bobbie L Holt blh1055_a
April Anderson County SC
Carolina Wild Native Plant Nursery
Stamens shorter than the corolla tube (thus included), per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm090403_001
April Oconee County SC
Leaves elliptic or linear, less than 1/4" wide, rather blunt at the apex, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm090403_003
April Oconee County SC
Its cymes are compact, and flowers are on very short pedicels, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm100427_064
April Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm100427_069
April Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm110417_920
April Cleburne County AL
Mount Cheaha
Corollas subtended by stiff hairy 3/8" sepals and conspicuous floral bracts, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm110417_922
April Cleburne County AL
Mount Cheaha
Calyx 7-10mm long, lobes linear-lanceolate, subaristate, stiff, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm110417_924
April Cleburne County AL
Mount Cheaha
The stamens are not visible at the opening of the corolla tube, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm080503_014
May Greenville County SC
Stems erect or reclining at base, to 12" tall, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.