Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Phlox muscoides Nutt. Microphlox, Canescentes |
Bibliography | J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 42 (1834) |
Native Range | w. & nc. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-2700m |
Description | densely pulvinate, leaves imbricate, 4-rowed, 3-5mm, densely long lanate, flowers solitary, sessile, calyx ca. 5mm, densely hirsute, tube of corolla 7-10mm |
Size | 2-5cm |
Color | white, lilac |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Armeria bryoides (Nutt.) Kuntze Armeria muscoides (Nutt.) Kuntze Phlox bryoides Nutt. Phlox hoodii ssp. muscoides (Nutt.) Wherry |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |