PLANTS Profile for Phlox caespitosa (tufted phlox)

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Phlox caespitosa Nutt.
tufted phlox

Symbol:

PHCA7

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polemoniaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Phlox douglasii

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 59. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Phlox caespitosa Nutt.

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Synonyms:
Phlox caespitosa Nutt.

	PHCAE	Phlox caespitosa Nutt. ssp. eucaespitosa Brand
	PHDO3	Phlox douglasii Hook.
	PHDOE	Phlox douglasii Hook. ssp. eudouglasii Brand

Distribution:
Phlox caespitosa Nutt.


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

Related Taxa:
Phlox caespitosa Nutt.

View 21 genera in Polemoniaceae, 70 species in Phlox

Classification:
Phlox caespitosa Nutt.

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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 caespitosa Nutt. – tufted phlox

More Accounts and Images:
Phlox caespitosa Nutt.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30920.

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).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 11/23/2009 10:59 PM MST