NameThatPlant.net: Phlox maculata ssp. maculata

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Phlox maculata ssp. maculata FAMILY Polemoniaceae

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Phlox at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox maculata ssp. maculata FAMILY Polemoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Phlox maculata var. maculata

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Phlox maculata

COMMON NAME:
Northern Meadow Phlox

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image of Phlox maculata ssp. maculata, Northern Meadow Phlox

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June

Stamens equaling or exceeding the corolla tube. Flowering in early summer, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Phlox maculata ssp. maculata FAMILY Polemoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phlox maculata ssp. maculata FAMILY Polemoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Phlox maculata var. maculata

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Phlox maculata

2804

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas

Documented growing wild in - NC SC

Uncommon in NC, rare in SC

Look for it in moist forests and openings, per Weakley's Flora

map
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,

or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

...Moist

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
Pink/Lavender/White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 stamens just inside the rim of corolla tube
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

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