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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phlox pilosa ssp. pilosa
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 pilosa ssp. pilosa
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phlox pilosa ssp. pilosa
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-006:
Phlox pilosa FAMILY Polemoniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Phlox pilosa var. pilosa
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phlox pilosa
COMMON NAME:
Downy Phlox
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_phlox_pilosa_2
May
Taller than P. amoena (to 2'), and with a loosely branched inflorescence, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_phlox_pilosa_2b
May
Anthers remain inside the flower tube and are not visible upon flowering, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_phlox_pilosa_2c
May
Can be confused with P. amoena, but that lacks hairs on the corolla, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_phlox_pilosa_2d
May
Calyx lobes subulate [awn-shaped], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phlox pilosa ssp. pilosa
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox pilosa ssp. pilosa
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phlox pilosa ssp. pilosa
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-006:
Phlox pilosa
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Phlox pilosa var. pilosa
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phlox pilosa
1063
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry to mesic woodlands and forests, roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Pink/Lavender
(rarely white)
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p221
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p101
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p154
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p159
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p248
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p370
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p282
- 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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