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Phlox richardsonii Hook. Microphlox, Sibiricae 
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FamilyPOLEMONIACEAE
Genus speciesPhlox richardsonii Hook. Microphlox, Sibiricae
BibliographyFl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 73 (1837)
Native RangeSubarctic America
Primary BiomeSubarctic
Habitattundra
Descriptionstems numerous, densely leafy, leaves broadly subulate, 5-6mm, erect, mucronate-acerose, white lanate, flowers sessile, calyx lanate, lobes of corolla ovate-orbiculate
Size3-5cm
Colorlilac
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C
division in spring; cuttings in spring and in late summer
SynonymsArmeria richardsonii (Hook.) Kuntze
Phlox sibirica ssp. richardsonii (Hook.) Hultén
Phlox sibirica var. richardsonii (Hook.) S.L.Welsh
Territory7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
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