Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Phlox alyssifolia Greene Microphlox, Albomarginata |
Bibliography | Pittonia 3: 27 (1896) |
Native Range | wc. Canada to wc. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1000-1600m |
Description | taproot, leaves rigid, linear-oblong to lanceolate, 10-25mm, margins thickened, whitish, flowers 1-2, terminal, tube 10-15mm long, limb 14-25mm across |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late 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 cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Phlox alyssifolia f. sevorsa (A.Nelson) Wherry Phlox alyssifolia ssp. vera Wherry Phlox sevorsa A.Nelson |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, SAS Saskatchewan) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, SDA South Dakota) |