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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phlox maculata ssp. pyramidalis
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
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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. pyramidalis
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Phlox maculata ssp. pyramidalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-011:
Phlox maculata ssp. pyramidalis FAMILY Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Phlox maculata var. purpurea
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phlox maculata
COMMON NAME:
Leafy Meadow Phlox, Wild Sweet William
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JK Marlow jkm0507g_17
July Pocahontas County WV
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
Stamens equaling or exceeding the corolla tube. Flowering in late summer, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm070702_102
July Pocahontas County WV
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
In SC it's found only in Oconee County, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm070702_107
July Pocahontas County WV
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
Leaves linear-lanceolate to lanceolate or narrowly oblong, 2-5" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm070702_109
July Pocahontas County WV
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
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July Pocahontas County WV
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
Leaves paired, mostly lance-shaped. Stems usually spotted with red dots, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phlox maculata ssp. pyramidalis
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox maculata ssp. pyramidalis
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Phlox maculata ssp. pyramidalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-011:
Phlox maculata ssp. pyramidalis
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Phlox maculata var. purpurea
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phlox maculata
1060
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests and openings, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink/Lavender/White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 stamens just inside the rim of corolla tube
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p220?
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p163
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p159?
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p248?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p074?
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p209?
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p284
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p205?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p242?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p133?
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