Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Phlox bifida
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox bifida
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phlox bifida
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Phlox bifida ssp. bifida
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
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_phbi3_001_lvd
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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 (4/14/23):
Phlox bifida
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox bifida
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phlox bifida
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Phlox bifida ssp. bifida
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Phlox bifida ssp. stellaria
4259
Subshrub; Forb
Habitat: Cliffs, rock outcrops, dry rocky or sandy sites, per Weakley's Flora
Native north and west of the Carolinas & Georgia
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue, blue-violet, white
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p203
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p240
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