Phlox divaricata L.
Detail
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Botanical Name
- Phlox divaricata L.
- Common Name
- Wild Blue Phlox, Woodland Phlox
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Phlox divaricata L.
- Comments
- Var. divaricata with notched petals is often distinguished from var. laphamii (Wood) Wherry with entire petals. The latter is generally midwestern and not known from Virginia.
- Habitat
- Rich, well-drained floodplain forests, rich mesic cove and slope forests; occasionally in drier, calcareous forests. Frequent to locally common in the mountains and Piedmont; rare in the inner Coastal Plain.
- Native Status
- Native
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