Phlox Linnaeus. Phlox.
A genus of about 70 species, herbs (and creeping subshrubs), of temperate North America (with 1 species in ne. Asia).
Key based on Wherry (1955) and other sources.
Ref: Barger et al. (2023); Carr (2016); Ferguson, Krämer, & Jansen (1999); Levin (1966); Levin (1967); Turner (1998 [2000]); Ward (2012a); Wherry (1955); Wilken In Kubitzki et al. (2004). Show full citations.
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© Gary P. Fleming | Phlox buckleyi | Original Image ⭷
© Alan M. Cressler | Phlox bifida | Original Image ⭷
© Richard & Teresa Ware | Phlox amoena CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
© Alan M. Cressler | Phlox carolina | Original Image ⭷
© Sonnia Hill | Phlox nivalis ssp. texensis | Original Image ⭷Feedback
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