Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Phlox condensata (A.Gray) E.E.Nelson Microphlox, Caespitosae |
Bibliography | Revis. W. N. Amer. Phlox.: 13 (1899) |
Native Range | California to Nevada, Colorado to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2000-4000m |
Description | leaves crowded, linear, oblong, 3-7mm, abruptly tapered to apex, flowers solitary, sessile, terminal, tube 6-10mm long, lobes orbiculate-obovate, 4-6mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | spring, 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 |
Synonyms | Phlox caespitosa var. condensata A.Gray Phlox caespitosa ssp. condensata (A.Gray) Wherry |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |