Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Phlox alaskensis Jordal Microphlox, Sibiricae |
Bibliography | Rhodora 54: 38 (1952) |
Native Range | n. Russian Far East to Subarctic America |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Description | caespitose, leaves narrowly oblanceolate, to 1cm long, apiculate, uninerved, glabrous or coarsely white pubescent, flowers solitary, sessile or shortly pedicellate, ca. 2cm |
Size | 3-12cm |
Color | pale blue, pink-blue |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Phlox richardsonii ssp. alaskensis (Jordal) Wherry Phlox sibirica var. alaskensis (Jordal) B.Boivin Phlox sibirica ssp. alaskensis (Jordal) Á.Löve & D.Löve |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) |