NameThatPlant.net: Phlox maculata ssp. maculata

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Phlox maculata ssp. maculata FAMILY Polemoniaceae

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 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 (2/8/20):
Phlox maculata ssp. maculata FAMILY Polemoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox maculata ssp. maculata FAMILY Polemoniaceae

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

Documented growing wild in - NC SC

Uncommon in NC, rare in SC

Look for it in moist forests and openings, per Weakley's Flora

map
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

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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