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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phlox subulata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
There are two completely different plants that go by the name “thrift” and this is one of them. Read more at Phlox vs. Thrift.
Read more about Moss Phlox at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox subulata +
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-003:
Phlox subulata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
COMMON NAME:
Moss Phlox, Mountain-pink, "Thrift"
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JK Marlow jkm200322_3313
March Polk County NC
In cultivation
Flowers can be rose, pink, blue, or white, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm200322_3317
March Polk County NC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm200322_3319
March Polk County NC
In cultivation
Rose-magenta to white, flower lobes indented at the tips (not cleft), per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm200322_3323
March Polk County NC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm200322_3326
March Polk County NC
In cultivation
On some plants the petal apex may be notched (concave) , per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm200322_3334
March Polk County NC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm200322_3336
March Polk County NC
In cultivation
Stamens exserted, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phlox subulata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox subulata +
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-003:
Phlox subulata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
1066
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare south of VA
Look for it on dry & exposed rock outcrops, rocky flood-scoured riversides, dry woodlands over a wide variety of rocks, shale barrens, 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:
Semi-evergreen
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Pink/ Pale blue-violet
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 exserted 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
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p246
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p163
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p370
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p157
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p203
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p240
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p132