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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox latifolia   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-008:

Phlox ovata   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

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

Phlox ovata

 

COMMON NAME:
Mountain Phlox, Appalachian Phlox, Allegheny Phlox


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image of Phlox ovata, Mountain Phlox, Appalachian Phlox, Allegheny Phlox

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_phov_001_lvd

        

image of Phlox ovata, Mountain Phlox, Appalachian Phlox, Allegheny Phlox

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_phlox_latifolia_0228

May    Catawba County    NC

Flowering shoots arise from decumbent stems, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Phlox ovata, Mountain Phlox, Appalachian Phlox, Allegheny Phlox

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_phlox_latifolia_0231

May    Catawba County    NC

Lateral veins not readily apparent, not forming a vein parallel to margin, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Phlox ovata, Mountain Phlox, Appalachian Phlox, Allegheny Phlox

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_phlox_latifolia_4837

May    Catawba County    NC

Style is long; anthers and style are visible at the apex of corolla tube, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Phlox ovata, Mountain Phlox, Appalachian Phlox, Allegheny Phlox

Keith Bradley    kab_phlox_latifolia_1840

August    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Phlox ovata, Mountain Phlox, Appalachian Phlox, Allegheny Phlox

Keith Bradley    kab_phlox_latifolia_1840b

August    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Calyx 8-11mm long, lobes lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Phlox ovata, Mountain Phlox, Appalachian Phlox, Allegheny Phlox

Keith Bradley    kab_phlox_latifolia_1843

August    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox latifolia   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-008:
Phlox ovata   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3312

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests, woodlands, woodland borders, and barrens, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

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

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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