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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phlox carolina
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Carolina Phlox at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox carolina +
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Phlox glaberrima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-009:
Phlox carolina
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Phlox, Thick-leaf Phlox, Giant Phlox
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JK Marlow jkm0506i_11
June Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0506i_12
June Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm080629_062
June Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm080629_066
June Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm080629_074
June Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Leaves ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm180623_2996
June Greenville County SC
Leaves without distinct lateral and marginal veins, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm180623_3001
June Greenville County SC
P. carolina, P. glaberrima & P. maculata are a taxonomically difficult group, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm190604_9035
June Greenville County SC
Stamens equalling or exceeding the corolla tube (thus in part exserted), per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm190604_9038
June Greenville County SC
Typically, P. carolina's calyxes longer, more cylindrical than P. glaberrima, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm210624_1563
June Greenville County SC
I don't think that the books tell us that occasionally leaves may be whorled (?)
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JK Marlow jkm090709_067b
July Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Calyx subcylindric, the sepals fairly broad, with a rather weak midrib, per Weakley's Flora.
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Keith Bradley kab_phlox_carolina_1678
July Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Ron Lance rwl_phlox_carolina
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm211027_4648
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Largest leaves near middle of the stem, usually 4-12cm long and 5-27mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phlox carolina
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox carolina +
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Phlox glaberrima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-009:
Phlox carolina
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
1056
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & NC)
Look for it in forests, woodlands, woodland borders, barrens, 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.
...Wet
...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Lavender/Pink/White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p220
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p163
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p162
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p369
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p167
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p074
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p158
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p209
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p422
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p134