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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phlox ovata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Mountain Phlox at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox latifolia
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-008:
Phlox ovata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Phlox, Appalachian Phlox, Allegheny Phlox
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_phov_001_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_phlox_latifolia_0228
May Catawba County NC
Flowering shoots arise from decumbent stems, per Weakley's Flora.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_phlox_latifolia_0231
May Catawba County NC
Lateral veins not readily apparent, not forming a vein parallel to margin, per Weakley's Flora.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_phlox_latifolia_4837
May Catawba County NC
Style is long; anthers and style are visible at the apex of corolla tube, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Keith Bradley kab_phlox_latifolia_1840
August Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Keith Bradley kab_phlox_latifolia_1840b
August Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Calyx 8-11mm long, lobes lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Keith Bradley kab_phlox_latifolia_1843
August Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phlox ovata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox latifolia
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-008:
Phlox ovata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
3312
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare south of NC)
Look for it in moist forests, woodlands, woodland borders, and 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.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p072
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p204
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p241
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p133