NameThatPlant.net: Phlox maculata ssp. maculata

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phlox maculata ssp. maculata FAMILY Polemoniaceae Go to FSUS key

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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image of Phlox maculata ssp. maculata, Northern Meadow Phlox

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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

Native to the Carolinas

Uncommon in NC, rare in SC

Habitat: Moist forests and openings, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
Pink/Lavender/White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 stamens just inside the rim of corolla tube
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

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