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Phlox divaricata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Polemoniaceae
Genus:	Phlox
Species:	P. divaricata
Binomial name
Phlox divaricata Sims

Phlox divaricata (Wild phlox, Wild blue phlox, Woodland phlox or Wild Sweet William) is a flowering plant in the genus Phlox. It is native to forests and fields in the eastern United States and Canada, ranging from Canada in the north, Florida in the south, Texas in the west and Quebec and New England in the east.

Wild phlox grows 25-50 cm tall with opposite, unstalked leaves 2.5-5 cm in length and ovate-lanceolate in shape. The flowers are produced in early spring, 2-4 cm in diameter, with the five-lobed corolla a pale bluish violet or purple in color.

External links

• Missouri Plants: Phlox divaricata

Gallery

Blue Phlox.

Blue Phlox.

From Wikispecies

Phlox divaricata

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Unassigned Asterids
Ordo: Ericales
Familia: Polemoniaceae
Subfamilia: Polemonioideae
Genus: Phlox
Sectio: P. sect. Divaricatae
Species: Phlox divaricata
Subspecies: P. d. subsp. divaricata - P. d. subsp. laphamii

Name

Phlox divaricata L.

References

• Species Plantarum 1:152. 1753
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

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