PLANTS Profile for Phlox pulvinata (cushion phlox)

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Phlox pulvinata (Wherry) Cronquist
cushion phlox

Symbol:

PHPU5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polemoniaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Phlox pulvinata (Wherry) Cronquist

Phlox caespitosa ssp. pulvinata

Margaret Williams. Courtesy of Nevada Native Plant Society. ©Nevada Native Plant Society. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Phlox pulvinata (Wherry) Cronquist

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Synonyms:
Phlox pulvinata (Wherry) Cronquist

	PHCAP	Phlox caespitosa Nutt. ssp. platyphylla Wherry
	PHCAP2	Phlox caespitosa Nutt. ssp. pulvinata Wherry
	PHSIP	Phlox sibirica L. ssp. pulvinata (Wherry) W.A. Weber

Distribution:
Phlox pulvinata (Wherry) Cronquist


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USA (CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY)

Related Taxa:
Phlox pulvinata (Wherry) Cronquist

View 21 genera in Polemoniaceae, 71 species in Phlox

Classification:
Phlox pulvinata (Wherry) Cronquist

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Polemoniaceae – Phlox family
Genus	Phlox L. – phlox
Species	Phlox pulvinata (Wherry) Cronquist – cushion phlox

More Accounts and Images:
Phlox pulvinata (Wherry) Cronquist

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30980.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 02:43 AM CDT