...Moist
...Dry
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phlox divaricata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
GREATER THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox divaricata +
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 159-01-004:
Phlox divaricata
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Blue Phlox, Timber Phlox, Blue Woodland Phlox
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Ed Pivorun ebp090404_4947
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
Stamens shorter than the corolla tube (thus included), per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm090404_222
April Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm160421_342
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Fragrant clusters of lavender-blue flowers, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm160421_343
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm160421_345
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Leaves in widely spaced pairs, ovate-lanceolate to oblong, 1.2-2", per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm170414_626
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm170414_627
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm170414_628
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm170414_629
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_divaricata
April
Calyx 7-11mm long, lobes linear, mucronate, equaling or exceeding tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_phlox_divaricata
April
Flowers are light blue-violet, not pinkish-purplish like other Phlox species, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_phlox_divaricata_3
April