Phlox amoena Sims. Common name: Hairy Phlox, Chalice Phlox. Phenology: Apr-Jun; Jun-Jul. Habitat: Dry woodlands and forests, roadbanks, longleaf pine sandhills. Distribution: W. NC west to s. KY, south to Panhandle FL and MS.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, G, S, Tn, W; = Phlox amoena Sims ssp. amoena — K4, Levin (1966), Wherry (1955); < Phlox amoena Sims — Fl5, RAB, WH3; Phlox amoena Sims. Basionym: Phlox amoena Sims 1810
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect or reclining perennial of dry woodlands and forests, road banks and sandhills.
Stems: Stems usually unbranched (rarely weakly branched above) and very hairy, but not glandular.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, sometimes ascending, narrowly oblong to lance-shaped, 1-2 in. long, with long hairs on the margins and hairy on both surfaces.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in compact terminal clusters above hairy, leaf-like bracts; pink to red-purple (can be lavender to white) with a darker eye; 1/2-3/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 corolla lobes that flare abruptly outward from a hairless, narrow tube. The shorter calyx consists of 5 very hairy, narrowly lance-shaped sepals; hidden inside the corolla tube are 5 stamens.
Fruits: Fruit a papery oval capsule.
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Height: to 18 in.
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description: Erect or reclining perennial of dry woodlands and forests, road banks and sandhills.
stems: Stems usually unbranched (rarely weakly branched above) and very hairy, but not glandular.
leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, sometimes ascending, narrowly oblong to lance-shaped, 1-2 in. long, with long hairs on the margins and hairy on both surfaces.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in compact terminal clusters above hairy, leaf-like bracts; pink to red-purple (can be lavender to white) with a darker eye; 1/2-3/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 corolla lobes that flare abruptly outward from a hairless, narrow tube. The shorter calyx consists of 5 very hairy, narrowly lance-shaped sepals; hidden inside the corolla tube are 5 stamens.
fruits: Fruit a papery oval capsule.
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native range: southeastern United States
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