Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Phlox hoodii Richardson Microphlox, Canescentes |
Synonyms | Fonna hoodii (Richardson) Nieuwl. & Lunell |
Habitat | american prairie |
Description | taproot, leaves rigid, acerose, 3-13mm long and ca. 0,5mm wide, flowers solitary, sessile, terminal, corolla tube 4-14mm long, limb 8-14mm; plant arachnose to glabrous |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purple, white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | cushion |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, 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
Subarctic America (Alaska , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (North Dakota , Nebraska , South Dakota ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | POLEMONIACEAE
hoodii canescens (Torr. & A.Gray) Wherry, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 90: 139 (1938)
hoodii glabrata E.E.Nelson, Revis. W. N. Amer. Phlox. 11 (1899)
hoodii lanata (Piper) Munz, Aliso 4: 96 (1958)
hoodii madsenii S.L.Welsh, Utah Fl., ed. 3: 494 (2003)
hoodii muscoides (Nutt.) Wherry, Baileya 4: 98 (1956)
hoodii viscidula Wherry, Notul. Nat. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 146: 11 (1944)
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