Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Phlox amoena Sims Protophlox, Divaricatae |
Synonyms | Phlox involucrata Alph.Wood |
Phlox procumbens A.Gray | |
Phlox walteri (A.Gray) Chapm. | |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | montane |
Description | erect, hirsute, leaves lanceolate, to 5cm long, stems thin, flowers to 15mm across, in compact many flowered panicle |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | pink, red, white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | - |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A. (Alabama , Florida , Georgia , Kentucky , Mississippi , North Carolina , South Carolina , Tennessee) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | POLEMONIACEAE
amoena lighthipei (Small) Wherry, Baileya 4: 97 (1956)
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