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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phlox amoena
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Hairy Phlox at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox amoena ssp. amoena
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-005:
Phlox amoena
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Phlox, Chalice Phlox
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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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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 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
Can be confused with P. pilosa, but differs from it by lacking hairs on the corolla, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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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 jkm190416_7462
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200415_3830
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200415_3836
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220419_7035
April Pickens County SC
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April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm080503_014
May Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phlox amoena
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox amoena ssp. amoena
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-005:
Phlox amoena
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
1055
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in NC-SC Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain)
Look for it in dry woodlands & forests, roadbanks, sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Variable
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink/Lavender
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 included stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p222
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p101
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p227
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p369
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p157
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p203
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p240
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p132