| Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
| Genus species | Phlox hoodii Richardson Microphlox, Canescentes |
| Bibliography | Narr. Journey Polar Sea [J.Franklin]: 734 (1823) |
| Native Range | Alaska to w. & c. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Description | taproot, leaves rigid, acerose, 3-13mm long and ca. 0,5mm wide, flowers solitary, sessile, terminal, corolla tube 4-14mm long, limb 8-14mm; plant arachnose to glabrous |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | purple, white |
| Bloom | spring |
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| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Armeria hoodii (Richardson) Kuntze Fonna hoodii (Richardson) Nieuwl. & Lunell Phlox hoodii ssp. genuina Wherry |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 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. (ARI Arizona, UTA Utah) |
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