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Read more about Creeping Phlox at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phlox stolonifera
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox stolonifera
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-01-007:
Phlox stolonifera
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
COMMON NAME:
Creeping Phlox
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_phst3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090412_230
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Anthers & style show at the end of corolla tube, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm140418_132
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The "creeping" is done by stolons, hence the species name, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm200403_3476
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200403_3486
April Greenville County SC
Calyx 9-11mm long, lobes lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm200403_3488
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200403_3489
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200411_3715
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0505h_35
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Stem leaves mostly obovate to spatulate, occasionally widely lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm080504_045
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cymes are loose & open, few flowered & glandular pubescent, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm080504_046
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Stamens equalling or exceeding the corolla tube (thus in part exserted), per Weakley's Flora.