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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Phlox divaricata var. laphamii

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Phlox divaricata

 

COMMON NAME:
Western Blue Phlox


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image of Phlox divaricata var. laphamii, Western Blue Phlox

Ed Pivorun    ebp090404_4947

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

Stamens shorter than corolla tube (thus included); corolla lobes rounded or truncate at the apex, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Phlox divaricata var. laphamii, Western Blue Phlox

JK Marlow    jkm090404_222

April    Walker County    GA

Pigeon Mountain

image of Phlox divaricata var. laphamii, Western Blue Phlox

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_divaricata

April        

Sepals acuminate to very slightly awned, the awn 0-0.5mm long; corolla tube glabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phlox divaricata var. laphamii   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Phlox divaricata var. laphamii

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phlox divaricata

 

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4529

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rich, moist soils of forests and open woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia, naturalized in NC

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

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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