Phlox stolonifera
| Phlox stolonifera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Polemoniaceae |
| Genus: | Phlox |
| Species: | P. stolonifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Phlox stolonifera Sims | |
Phlox stolonifera (Creeping Phlox) is a herbaceous perennial plant spreading by stolons, native to woodland in the Appalachian Mountains from Pennsylvania south to northern Georgia.
Flowers are pale purple, pink, or white, 2-2.5 cm across, with a five-lobed corolla and yellow stamens, borne on stems 15-25 cm tall. They lack the central band of color that is present in Phlox subulata.
Leaves are ovate. Those on creeping stems are 3-4.5 cm long and 1.8 cm broad, those on the erect flowering stems smaller, 2 cm long.
Gallery
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Large patch of phlox
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Creeping stems at edge of patch
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phlox stolonifera. |
- University of Georgia (includes range map)
- Germplasm Resources Information Network
- North Carolina State University