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Polemoniaceae
Phlox

not marked as a favorite taxon Phlox pilosa Linnaeus.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native Basionym: Phlox pilosa L. 1753

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect to ascending perennial of dry to moist woodlands and forests, and road banks.

Stems: Stems unbranched and densely covered in soft, white hairs.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, narrowly lance-shaped to linear, to 3 1/2 in. long; surfaces may be smooth or finely hairy and margins have small stiff hairs.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in a branched, terminal cluster; reddish-pink to pale purple; 1/2-3/4 in. wide; with 5 corolla lobes that flare abruptly outward from a hairy or smooth, narrow tube. The calyx consists of 5 very hairy, narrow sepals with needle-like tips; 5 stamens are hidden in the corolla tube.

Fruits: Fruit an oval capsule.

Comments:

Height: 8-22 in.

plant sale text: Downy phlox has panicles of soft pink flowers that bloom in late spring. This is a low-growing clump-forming phlox. The evergreen foliage of this southeastern native perennial is attractive year-round. In the wild, downy phlox grows in deciduous or pine forests, meadows and along dry open roadsides. Try it in your perennial border or meadow. Downy phlox is a fine plant for attracting butterflies.

bloom table text:

description: Erect to ascending perennial of dry to moist woodlands and forests, and road banks.

stems: Stems unbranched and densely covered in soft, white hairs.

leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, narrowly lance-shaped to linear, to 3 1/2 in. long; surfaces may be smooth or finely hairy and margins have small stiff hairs.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in a branched, terminal cluster; reddish-pink to pale purple; 1/2-3/4 in. wide; with 5 corolla lobes that flare abruptly outward from a hairy or smooth, narrow tube. The calyx consists of 5 very hairy, narrow sepals with needle-like tips; 5 stamens are hidden in the corolla tube.

fruits: Fruit an oval capsule.

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native range: eastern & central N. America