OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Phlox glaberrima   FAMILY Polemoniaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox glaberrima ssp. glaberrima   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Phlox glaberrima

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Phlox glaberrima ssp. glaberrima

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Phlox glaberrima ssp. interior

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Phlox glaberrima ssp. triflora

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-010:

Phlox glaberrima ssp. glaberrima   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)

Phlox glaberrima ssp. triflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Phlox glaberrima

 

COMMON NAME:
Smooth Phlox


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image of Phlox glaberrima, Smooth Phlox

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_phgl4_001_lvd

        

image of Phlox glaberrima, Smooth Phlox

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_phgl4_004_lvd

        

image of Phlox glaberrima, Smooth Phlox

Mike Strickland    mst061407_pglaberrima

June        

Leaves firm, linear to narrowly lanceolate, narrowed to a tapering tip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Phlox glaberrima, Smooth Phlox

Mike Strickland    mst061407b_pglaberrima

June        

Anthers and style show at the end of the corolla tube, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Phlox glaberrima   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox glaberrima ssp. glaberrima   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phlox glaberrima

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Phlox glaberrima ssp. glaberrima

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Phlox glaberrima ssp. interior

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Phlox glaberrima ssp. triflora

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-010:
Phlox glaberrima ssp. glaberrima   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Phlox glaberrima ssp. triflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phlox glaberrima

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1059

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet forests and woodlands, especially bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC) (rare in NC Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Lavender/Pink/White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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