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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phlox stolonifera   FAMILY Polemoniaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox stolonifera   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-007:

Phlox stolonifera   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

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

Phlox stolonifera

 

COMMON NAME:
Creeping Phlox


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image of Phlox stolonifera, Creeping Phlox

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_phst3_001_lvd

        

image of Phlox stolonifera, Creeping Phlox

Betsy George    bmg_040222_6423

April    Greenville County    SC

Stamens equalling or exceeding the corolla tube (thus in part exserted), per Weakley's Flora.

image of Phlox stolonifera, Creeping Phlox

Betsy George    bmg_040222_6424

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Phlox stolonifera, Creeping Phlox

Betsy George    bmg_040222_6426

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Phlox stolonifera, Creeping Phlox

Betsy George    bmg_040222_6429

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Phlox stolonifera, Creeping Phlox

JK Marlow    jkm090412_230

April    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

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

image of Phlox stolonifera, Creeping Phlox

JK Marlow    jkm140418_132

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

The "creeping" is done by stolons, hence the species name, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962).

image of Phlox stolonifera, Creeping Phlox

JK Marlow    jkm200403_3476

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Phlox stolonifera, Creeping Phlox

JK Marlow    jkm200403_3486

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Calyx 9-11mm long, lobes lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Phlox stolonifera, Creeping Phlox

JK Marlow    jkm200403_3488

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Phlox stolonifera, Creeping Phlox

JK Marlow    jkm200403_3489

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Phlox stolonifera, Creeping Phlox

JK Marlow    jkm200411_3715

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Phlox stolonifera, Creeping Phlox

JK Marlow    jkm220427_7341

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Cymes are loose & open, few flowered & glandular pubescent, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Phlox stolonifera, Creeping Phlox

JK Marlow    jkm0505h_35

May    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Stem leaves mostly obovate to spatulate, occasionally widely lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Phlox stolonifera, Creeping Phlox

JK Marlow    jkm220701_8788

July    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phlox stolonifera   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox stolonifera   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-007:
Phlox stolonifera   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1065

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in SC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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