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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phlox drummondii
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Annual Phlox at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox drummondii ssp. drummondii
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-001:
Phlox drummondii
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
COMMON NAME:
Annual Phlox, Drummond Phlox
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phlox drummondii
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox drummondii ssp. drummondii
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-001:
Phlox drummondii
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
1058
Forb
Annual
Native: Texas
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Piedmont)
Look for it in dry sandy soils of roadsides, fields, disturbed areas, 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.
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Lowermost opposite, others alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Red
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 included stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p377
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p202
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p075
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p208