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