PLANTS Profile for Phlox stolonifera (creeping phlox)

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PLANTS Profile

Phlox stolonifera Sims
creeping phlox

Symbol:

PHST3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polemoniaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		I

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Phlox stolonifera Sims

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Distribution:
Phlox stolonifera Sims


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, GA, KY, MD, ME, NC, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV), CAN (QC)

Related Taxa:
Phlox stolonifera Sims

View 21 genera in Polemoniaceae, 71 species in Phlox

Classification:
Phlox stolonifera Sims

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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 stolonifera Sims – creeping phlox

Introduced Information:
Phlox stolonifera Sims

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Phlox stolonifera Sims

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30988.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 04:41 PM CDT