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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Phlox lighthipei
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox amoena ssp. lighthipei
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phlox amoena ssp. lighthipei
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Phlox amoena ssp. lighthipei
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-005?:
Phlox amoena FAMILY Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phlox lighthipei
COMMON NAME:
Lighthipe's Phlox
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Phlox lighthipei
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox amoena ssp. lighthipei
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phlox amoena ssp. lighthipei
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Phlox amoena ssp. lighthipei
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-005?:
Phlox amoena
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phlox lighthipei
4868
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry to moist sandy soils, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Pink/Lavender
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
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