1059

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain, uncommon in NC, rare in NC Coastal Plain)

Look for it in wet forests and woodlands, esp bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet ...Moist ...Variable

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Lavender/Pink/White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 exserted stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• All About South Carolina Wildflowers p220
• Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p101
• Gardening with Native Plants of the South p163
• Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p159
• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p248?
• Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p162
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p075
• Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p209
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p204?
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p241
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p134

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phlox glaberrima   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox glaberrima +   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-010:
Phlox glaberrima +   FAMILY Polemoniaceae