Phlox maculata - (image 1 of 5)
Taxonomy
Family: Polemoniaceae
Habitat
Low woods and wet meadows.
Associates
Distribution
Southern Quebec to Virginia and in mountains to GA, west to southern MN, IA, and MO.
Morphology
Herbaceous perennial; stems erect, 30-80 cm, typically red-purple spotted or streaked; leaves opposite, lance-linear to lanceolate or narrowly oblong, not veiny but with prominent pale midrib, margin entire, acuminate; inflorescence subcylindric, 5-25 cm, consisting of a terminal and several axillary cymes, the latter all short-peduncled, densely but minutely hairy, eglandular; calyx usually glabrous, 6-8 mm; corollas red-purple (white), 12-22 mm wide; style elongate.
Notes
Flowers late June to July.
Wetland indicator: FACW
An attractive species that is endangered in NY, MI, and DE, and unranked in many other states. Roots easily from cuttings but can be difficult from seed. Occasionally cultivated though P. paniculata is far more frequently grown.
References
Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY
USDA, NRCS. 2002. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov).
National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
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