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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phlox amoena
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
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Read more about Hairy Phlox at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox amoena ssp. amoena
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-005:
Phlox amoena FAMILY Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phlox amoena
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Phlox, Chalice Phlox
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_phlox_amoena_4
March
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Bobbie L Holt blh1055_a
April Anderson County SC
Carolina Wild Native Plant Nursery
Stamens shorter than the corolla tube (thus included), per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm090403_001
April Oconee County SC
Leaves elliptic or linear, less than 1/4" wide, rather blunt at the apex, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm090403_003
April Oconee County SC
Its cymes are compact, and flowers are on very short pedicels, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm110417_922
April Cleburne County AL
Mount Cheaha
Can be confused with P. pilosa, but differs from it by lacking hairs on the corolla, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm190416_7462
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm200415_3830
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200415_3836
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220419_7035
April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm220419_7036
April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm220427_7282
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
The stamens are not visible at the opening of the corolla tube, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm220427_7284
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Corollas subtended by stiff hairy 3/8" sepals and conspicuous floral bracts, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm080503_014
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phlox amoena
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox amoena ssp. amoena
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-005:
Phlox amoena
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phlox amoena
1055
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry woodlands and forests, roadbanks, longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Carolina Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink/Lavender
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p222
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p101
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p227
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p295
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p369
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p282
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p203
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p240
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p132
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