Phlox divaricata

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Phlox divaricata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Phlox
Species: P. divaricata
Binomial name
Phlox divaricata
L.

Phlox divaricata (wild blue phlox, woodland phlox,  wild sweet william) is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae, native to forests and fields in eastern North America. It is a semi-evergreen perennial growing 25–50 cm (10–20 in) tall with opposite, unstalked, hairy leaves 2.5–5 cm in length and ovate-lanceolate in shape. Flowers appear in early summer and are 2–4 cm in diameter, with five petals fused at the base into a thin tube.[1]

The specific epithet divaricata means "with a spreading and straggling habit".[2]

Cultivated varieties have various colours, including blue ('Blue Moon'), lavender ('Clouds of Perfume') and white ('Fuller's White', 'White Perfume').

Subspecies

ssp. laphamii. The cultivar 'Chattahoochee' (lavender) has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]

References

  1. ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964. 
  2. ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. p. 224. ISBN 9781845337315. 
  3. ↑ [Phlox divaricata subsp. laphamii 'Chattahoochee' AGM "RHS Plant Selector - Phlox divaricata subsp. laphamii 'Chattahoochee'"]. Retrieved 25 May 2013. 

Gallery

  • large clump

  • habitat in Florida

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