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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phlox glaberrima
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Smooth Phlox at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox glaberrima ssp. glaberrima
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Phlox glaberrima ssp. interior
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Phlox glaberrima ssp. triflora
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-010:
Phlox glaberrima ssp. glaberrima FAMILY Polemoniaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Phlox glaberrima ssp. triflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phlox glaberrima
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Phlox
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_phgl4_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_phgl4_004_lvd
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Mike Strickland mst061407_pglaberrima
June
Leaves firm, linear to narrowly lanceolate, narrowed to a tapering tip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Mike Strickland mst061407b_pglaberrima
June
Anthers and style show at the end of the corolla tube, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phlox glaberrima
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox glaberrima ssp. glaberrima
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Phlox glaberrima ssp. interior
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Phlox glaberrima ssp. triflora
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-010:
Phlox glaberrima ssp. glaberrima
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Phlox glaberrima ssp. triflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phlox glaberrima
1059
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet forests and woodlands, especially bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Mountains & Piedmont, rare in NC Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Lavender/Pink/White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p220
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p101
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p163
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p159
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p248?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p075
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p209
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p283
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p204?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p241
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p134