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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Phlox nivalis +
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Pineland Phlox at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox nivalis +
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-002:
Phlox nivalis +
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
COMMON NAME:
Pineland Phlox, Trailing Phlox
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June Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Calyx lobes slightly less than or = tube, pubescent, some trichomes glandular, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Will Stuart wil_7441266912_d0a7ab70b4
June Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Lavender to pink flowers with a darkened eye; stamens shorter than the tube, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Month Unknown
Flowering shoots are erect with narrow opposite or clustered leaves, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Phlox nivalis +
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox nivalis +
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-002:
Phlox nivalis +
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
1061
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common, uncommon, or rare - depending on subspecies and physiographic province
Look for it . Ssp. nivalis occurs in sandhills, other dry woodlands; ssp. heintzii on rock outcrops, thin soils of rocky woodlands; both on roadbanks, 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:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Pink/Rose/Lavender
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 included stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p222
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p068
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p198?
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p369
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p157
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p209
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p132