Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Phlox mesoleuca Greene Protophlox, Nanae |
Bibliography | Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 152 (1905) |
Native Range | New Mexico to Texas |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1200-3000m |
Description | leaves linear to lanceolate, thick, curvate, acute, pale green, glandular hirsute, flowers 1-4, to 3cm across, pedicellate, terminal, with white eye |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | dark pink, white, yellow |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C division in spring; cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Phlox mesoleuca f. alba C.H.Müll. Phlox nana ssp. ensifolia Wherry |
Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) |