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Read more about Carolina Phlox at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
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
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
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
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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