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Phlox stolonifera (creeping phlox or moss phlox) is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae. It is a perennial herbaceous plant that is native to the eastern United States. [ 1 ] It occurs in woodlands and stream banks [ 1 ] in the vicinity of the Appalachian Mountains from Pennsylvania south to northern Georgia .
Phlox subulata the creeping phlox, moss phlox, [1] moss pink or mountain phlox, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae, native to the eastern and central United States, and widely cultivated. The odor given off by the plants may be mistaken for that of marijuana. [2]
Phlox on a patio. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek word phlox meaning flame in reference to the intense flower colors of some varieties. [2] Fertilized flowers typically produce one relatively large seed. The fruit is a longitudinally dehiscent capsule with three or more valves that sometimes separate explosively. [3]
Creeping phlox is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Phlox stolonifera; Phlox subulata This page was last edited on 25 April ...
Phlox ovata (syn. Phlox latifolia), the Allegheny phlox, mountain phlox, or wideflower phlox, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae, native to the eastern United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A creeping perennial found in open montane woodlands, its taxonomic history has been marked by nomenclatural issues.
The Polemoniaceae (Jacob's-ladder or phlox family) are a family of flowering plants consisting of about 27 genera [2] with 270–400 species of annuals and perennials native to the Northern Hemisphere and South America, with the center of diversity in western North America.
Shorter-tongued bees and flower flies visit to feed on or gather pollen. [4] It is a larval host to the phlox moth (Schinia indiana). [5] The flowers are self-incompatible [citation needed]. Unless they are cross-pollinated, they will not produce any seed. Butterflies, skippers, and moths are the most effective pollinators.
Phlox diffusa is a species of phlox known by the common name spreading phlox. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to the southwestern United States to the Dakotas , where it grows in many types of habitat, including rocky, high elevation mountain slopes.
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