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Phlox diffusa Benth. ssp. scleranthifolia (Rydb.) Wherry
spreading phlox
       
Symbol:   PHDIS2  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Polemoniaceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Subshrub
Forb/herb 		 
Native Status:  
L48    N



 
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Phlox diffusa Benth. ssp. scleranthifolia (Rydb.) Wherry

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Synonyms:
Phlox diffusa Benth. ssp. scleranthifolia (Rydb.) Wherry

  PHSC8 Phlox scleranthifolia Rydb.
 

Distribution:
Phlox diffusa Benth. ssp. scleranthifolia (Rydb.) Wherry

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Related Taxa:
Phlox diffusa Benth. ssp. scleranthifolia (Rydb.) Wherry

View 21 genera in Polemoniaceae, 71 species in Phlox, 4 subspecies in Phlox diffusa Benth.
 

Classification:
Phlox diffusa Benth. ssp. scleranthifolia (Rydb.) Wherry

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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 diffusa Benth. – spreading phlox
Subspecies Phlox diffusa Benth. ssp. scleranthifolia (Rydb.) Wherry – spreading phlox
 

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Phlox diffusa Benth. ssp. scleranthifolia (Rydb.) Wherry

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524473.
 
 
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