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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phlox maculata ssp. maculata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Phlox at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox maculata ssp. maculata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phlox maculata ssp. maculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Phlox maculata var. maculata
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phlox maculata
COMMON NAME:
Northern Meadow Phlox
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_maculata_2
June
Stamens equaling or exceeding the corolla tube. Flowering in early summer, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phlox maculata ssp. maculata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox maculata ssp. maculata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phlox maculata ssp. maculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Phlox maculata var. maculata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phlox maculata
2804
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests and openings, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Uncommon in NC, rare in SC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
Pink/Lavender/White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 stamens just inside the rim of corolla tube
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p159?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p074?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p205?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p242?
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