Phlox austromontana Coville


Family	POLEMONIACEAE
Genus species	Phlox austromontana Coville Microphlox, Canescentes
Synonyms	Phlox aciculifolia P.B.Kenn.
	Phlox cyanea Eastw.
	Phlox pinifolia Brand
Habitat	rocky slopes
Altitude	montane
Description	taproot, leaves rigid, 8-15mm x 0,5-1,5mm, flowers solitary, terminal, sessile, tube 8-15mm long, limb 10-15mm across
Size	10-15cm
Color	bluish, pinkish, white
Bloom	spring
Ca
Type	subshrub
Cultivation	sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagation	seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in spring and late summer
Territory	Northern America Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Oregon ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , California , Nevada , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico ) Mexico (Mexico Northwest)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	POLEMONIACEAE Phlox austromontana Coville, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 4: 151 (1893) Synonyms: Phlox douglasii austromontana (Coville) Jeps. & H.Mason montane ============================================================================= austromontana typica ined. Synonyms: Phlox aciculifolia P.B.Kenn. Phlox austromontana lutescens S.L.Welsh Phlox austromontana vera Wherry Phlox cyanea Eastw. Phlox diffusa subcarinata Wherry Phlox lutesces (S.L.Welsh) S.L.Wesh Phlox pinifolia Brand w. USA, New Mexico, nw. Mexico 73 COL IDA ORE 76 ARI CAL NEV UTA 77 NWM 79 MXN austromontana densa (Brand) Wherry, J. Washington Acad. Sci. 29: 519 (1939) Basionym: Phlox densa Brand, Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV, 27(250): 83 (1907) w. USA, New Mexico 73 COL IDA ORE 76 ARI NEV UTA 77 NWM austromontana jonesii (Wherry) Locklear, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 3(2): 645 (2009) Basionym: Phlox jonesii Wherry, Notul. Nat. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 146: 8 (1944) Utah 76 UTA austromontana lutescens S.L.Welsh, Great Basin Naturalist 45(4): 792 (1985) Synonyms: Phlox lutescens (S.L.Welsh) S.L.Welsh Utah 76 UTA austromontana prostrata E.E.Nelson, Revis. W.N. Amer. Phlox 19 (1899) Synonyms: Phlox acerba A.Nelson Wyoming, Arizona 73 WYO 76 ARI