Phlox buckleyi Wherry
Detail
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Botanical Name
- Phlox buckleyi Wherry
- Common Name
- Sword-leaf Phlox
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Phlox buckleyi Wherry
- Comments
- Often listed as a mid-Appalachian shale barren endemic, however; it more typically occurs in shaly woods and roadsides in the absence of true endemics. Also found on metasiltstone/phyllitic substrates of the Central Blue Ridge. Endemic to a relatively small area in western Virginia and eastern West Virginia.
- Habitat
- Dry open forests, woodlands, forest edges, clearings, and road banks on shale (Ridge and Valley) and metasiltstone (Blue Ridge). Rare in the mountains.
- Native Status
- Native
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