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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phlox paniculata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Garden Phlox at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox paniculata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-013:
Phlox paniculata FAMILY Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phlox paniculata
COMMON NAME:
Garden Phlox, Summer Phlox, Fall Phlox, Tall Phlox
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_phpa9_004_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_phlox_paniculata
August Catawba County NC
A stout erect plant up to 6' high, with a large compound, pubescent panicle, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phlox paniculata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox paniculata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-013:
Phlox paniculata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phlox paniculata
1062
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Streambanks, moist forests, woodlands, and woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora
Native to parts of the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink/Lavender/White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p219
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p163
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p158
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p248
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p370
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p075
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p284
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p204
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p241
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p133
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