Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Phlox griseola Wherry Microphlox, Caespitosae |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Description | leaves grey-green, crowded, linear, 5-12mm, thick and solid, ciliate, flowers solitary, sessile, apically on short stems, corolla tube 9-13mm long, limb 10-12mm across |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | pale purple, white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C division in spring; cuttings in spring and late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , Nevada , Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | POLEMONIACEAE
griseola tumulosa (Wherry) Wherry, Baileya 4: 98 (1956)
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