OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Hairy Phlox, Chalice Phlox

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phlox amoena   FAMILY: Polemoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phlox amoena ssp. amoena   FAMILY: Polemoniaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Phlox amoena 159-01-005   FAMILY: Polemoniaceae

 

Habitat: Dry woodlands and forests, roadbanks, longleaf pine sandhills

Common (uncommon in Carolina Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Lighthipe's Phlox

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Phlox lighthipei   FAMILY: Polemoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phlox amoena ssp. lighthipei   FAMILY: Polemoniaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Phlox amoena 159-01-005?   FAMILY: Polemoniaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry to moist sandy soils

Rare

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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"It is important to remember that the classification system and the keys we use in conjunction with it are artificial contrivances, created in an effort to recast what the human mind perceives as the chaotic diversity of nature into orderly patterns...." — Richard M. Smith, Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains