Phlox stolonifera
| Phlox stolonifera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Polemoniaceae |
| Genus: | Phlox |
| Species: | P. stolonifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Phlox stolonifera Sims 1802 | |
Phlox stolonifera (creeping phlox or moss phlox) is a herbaceous perennial plant spreading by stolons, native to woodland in and near the Appalachian Mountains from Pennsylvania south to northern Georgia. There are naturalized populations as far north as Québec.[1]
Flowers are pale purple, pink, or white, 2–2.5 cm (0.79–0.98 in) across, with a five-lobed corolla and yellow stamens, borne on stems 15–25 cm (6–10 in) tall. They lack the central band of color that is present in Phlox subulata.[2]
Leaves are ovate. Those on creeping stems are 3–4.5 cm (1.2–1.8 in) long and 1.8 cm (0.71 in) broad, those on the erect flowering stems smaller, 2 cm (1 in) long.[2]
Gallery
Large patch of phlox
Creeping stems at edge of patch
References
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- 1 2 Sims, John. 1802. Curtis's botanical magazine plate 563 and preceding unnumbered text page full-page color illustration, description and commentary in English
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