Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Phlox amabilis Brand Protophlox, Tenuifoliae |
Bibliography | Pflanzenr. [H.G.A.Engler, ed,] IV, 250: 74 (1907) |
Native Range | Arizona |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | stems white lanate, leaves broadly linear, 15-20mm, uninerved, obtuse, mucronulate, adaxially hirsute, flowers in terminal corymb, calyx tubular, 1cm, corolla lobes bifid |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny 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 division in spring; cuttings in spring and in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) |