OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox buckleyi   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Phlox buckleyi

 

COMMON NAME:
Swordleaf Phlox, Shale-barren Phlox


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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox buckleyi   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phlox buckleyi

 

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3313

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Shale woodlands and woodland edges, shaley roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native north of the Carolinas

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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:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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