Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phlox glaberrima
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Smooth Phlox at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Phlox
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June
Leaves firm, linear to narrowly lanceolate, narrowed to a tapering tip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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June
Anthers and style show at the end of the corolla tube, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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
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
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
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