PLANTS Profile for Phlox nivalis (trailing phlox)

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PLANTS Profile

Phlox nivalis Lodd. ex Sweet
trailing phlox

Symbol:

PHNI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polemoniaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Phlox nivalis Lodd. ex Sweet

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Distribution:
Phlox nivalis Lodd. ex Sweet


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USA (AL, FL, GA, MI, NC, SC, TX, UT, VA)

Related Taxa:
Phlox nivalis Lodd. ex Sweet

View 21 genera in Polemoniaceae, 71 species in Phlox or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Phlox nivalis Lodd. ex Sweet ssp. hentzii (Nutt.) Wherry. .

Phlox nivalis ssp. hentzii
Hentz's phlox

Distribution of Phlox nivalis Lodd. ex Sweet ssp. nivalis. .

Phlox nivalis ssp. nivalis
trailing phlox

Distribution of Phlox nivalis Lodd. ex Sweet ssp. texensis Lundell. . Image Available.

Phlox nivalis ssp. texensis
Texan phlox

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Phlox nivalis Lodd. ex Sweet

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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 nivalis Lodd. ex Sweet – trailing phlox

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Phlox nivalis Lodd. ex Sweet

The related entities italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

United States:
Phlox nivalis ssp. texensis
Texas trailing phlox		Endangered
Texas:
Phlox nivalis ssp. texensis
Texas trailing phlox		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Phlox nivalis Lodd. ex Sweet

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30967.

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

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 10:14 PM CDT