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 nivalis +   FAMILY Polemoniaceae   Go to FSUS key



PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox nivalis +   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

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

Phlox nivalis +

VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-002:

Phlox nivalis +   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Pineland Phlox, Trailing Phlox


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Will Stuart    wil_7441266912_1ab07c5170

June    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Calyx lobes slightly less than or = tube, pubescent, some trichomes glandular, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Phlox nivalis +, Pineland Phlox, Trailing Phlox

Will Stuart    wil_7441266912_d0a7ab70b4

June    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Lavender to pink flowers with a darkened eye; stamens shorter than the tube, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Phlox nivalis +, Pineland Phlox, Trailing Phlox

Tim Spira    tpspnivalis

Month Unknown        

Flowering shoots are erect with narrow opposite or clustered leaves, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

 

 

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

PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox nivalis +   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

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

VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-002:
Phlox nivalis +   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1061

Forb
Perennial

Look for it . Ssp. nivalis occurs in sandhills, other dry woodlands; ssp. heintzii on rock outcrops, thin soils of rocky woodlands; both on roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common, uncommon, or rare - depending on subspecies and physiographic province

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
Pink/Rose/Lavender
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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