Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phlox bifida
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox bifida ssp. bifida
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phlox bifida
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Phlox bifida ssp. stellaria
COMMON NAME:
Cleft Phlox, Sand Phlox, Ten-point Phlox, Starry Phlox
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_phst13_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phlox bifida
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox bifida ssp. bifida
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phlox bifida
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Phlox bifida ssp. stellaria
4259
Subshrub; Forb
Native north and west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Cliffs, rock outcrops, dry rocky or sandy sites, per Weakley's Flora
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue, blue-violet, white
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p203
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p240