| Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
| Genus species | Phlox longifolia Nutt. Alphaphlox, Longifoliae |
| Bibliography | J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 41 (1834) |
| Native Range | British Columbia to w. USA and New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | leaves linear, 15-80mm long, stem internodes distinct, flowers pedicellate, in leafy, lax cyme, corolla tube 10-18mm long, limb 15-25mm across; sweetly fragrant |
| Size | 15-20cm |
| Color | purple, violet, white |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
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| Type | subshrub |
| 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 | Armeria linearifolia (Hook.) Kuntze Phlox cernua E.E.Nelson Phlox cortezana A.Nelson Phlox grahamii Wherry Phlox grayi Wooton & Standl. Phlox humilis Douglas ex Hook. Phlox linearifolia (Hook.) A.Gray Phlox linearifolia var. longipes M.E.Jones Phlox longifolia f. brevifolia A.Gray Phlox longifolia ssp. brevifolia (A.Gray) H.Mason Phlox longifolia var. brevifolia (A.Gray) A.Gray Phlox longifolia ssp. calva Wherry Phlox longifolia var. calva (Wherry) M.Peck Phlox longifolia var. compacta (Brand) M.Peck Phlox longifolia ssp. compacta (Brand) Wherry Phlox longifolia ssp. cortezana (A.Nelson) Wherry Phlox longifolia var. filifolia A.Nelson Phlox longifolia var. humilis (Douglas ex Hook.) Brand Phlox longifolia ssp. humilis (Douglas ex Hook.) Wherry Phlox longifolia f. humilis (Douglas ex Hook.) Voss Phlox longifolia var. linearifolia (Hook.) Brand Phlox longifolia ssp. longipes (M.E.Jones) Wherry Phlox longifolia var. longipes (M.E.Jones) M.Peck Phlox longifolia ssp. marginata Brand Phlox longifolia var. puberula E.E.Nelson Phlox longifolia var. stansburyi (Torr.) A.Gray Phlox longifolia ssp. typica Wherry Phlox puberula (E.E.Nelson) A.Nelson Phlox speciosa var. linearifolia Hook. Phlox speciosa var. stansburyi Torr. Phlox stansburyi (Torr.) A.Heller Phlox stansburyi var. brevifolia (A.Gray) E.E.Nelson Phlox stansburyi ssp. compacta Brand Phlox stansburyi ssp. eustansburyi Brand Phlox stansburyi subvar. microcalyx Brand Phlox stansburyi var. puberula (E.E.Nelson) Brand Phlox stansburyi ssp. superba (Brand) Wherry Phlox superba Brand Phlox tenuis Wooton & Standl. Phlox viridis ssp. compacta (Brand) Wherry Phlox viridis ssp. longipes (M.E.Jones) Wherry Phlox visenda A.Nelson |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) |
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