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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phlox paniculata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Garden Phlox at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox paniculata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-013:
Phlox paniculata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
COMMON NAME:
Garden Phlox, Summer Phlox, Fall Phlox, Smooth Phlox
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_phpa9_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_phpa9_004_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_phlox_paniculata
August Catawba County NC
A stout erect plant up to 6' high, with a large compound, pubescent panicle, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phlox paniculata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox paniculata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-013:
Phlox paniculata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
1062
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Coastal Plain & Piedmont south of VA)
Look for it on streambanks, in moist forests, woodlands & woodland borders, 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.
...Moist
...Variable
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
Pink/Lavender/White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p219
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p163
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p158
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p248
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p370
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p075
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p204
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p241
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p133