...Wet
...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phlox carolina
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
GREATER THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox carolina +
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 159-01-009:
Phlox carolina
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
LESS THAN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Phlox glaberrima
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Phlox , Thick-leaf Phlox, Giant Phlox
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JK Marlow jkm0406k_22
June Oconee County SC
Very similar to P. glaberrima (Smooth phlox), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm0506h_26
June Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0506h_31
June Oconee County SC
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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
Largest leaves near middle of the stem, usually 4-12cm long and 5-27mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm080629_066
June Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Stamens equalling or exceeding the corolla tube (thus in part exserted), per Weakley's Flora.
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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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Tim Spira tpspcarolina3
June
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Wesley Burnett gwb1056_1492
June? Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm090709_067
July Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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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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Ron Lance rwl_phlox_carolina
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve