Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Phlox borealis Wherry Microphlox, Sibiricae |
Bibliography | Morris Arbor. Monogr. 3: 126 (1955) |
Native Range | Alaska |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Description | carpet-like, leaves linear or subulate, 5-15mm, floral stems 2-6cm, 1-3-flowered, floral peduncles 8-25mm, lobes of corolla 8-14mm |
Size | 3-10cm |
Color | pink-purple, 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. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Phlox richardsonii ssp. borealis (Wherry) Locklear Phlox siibirica var. borealis (Wherry) B.Boivin Phlox sibirica ssp. borealis (Wherry) Shetler |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) |