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 bifida   FAMILY Polemoniaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Phlox bifida, Cleft Phlox, Sand Phlox, Ten-point Phlox, Starry Phlox

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_phbi3_001_lvd

        

image of Phlox bifida, Cleft Phlox, Sand Phlox, Ten-point Phlox, Starry Phlox

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

 

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4259

Subshrub; Forb

Habitat: Cliffs, rock outcrops, dry rocky or sandy sites, per Weakley's Flora

Native north and west of the Carolinas & Georgia

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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

 

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