BLUE PHLOX
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Phlox divaricata L. subsp. laphamii (Alph. Wood ) Wherry
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| Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 6-20 inches |
| Family: Polemoniaceae - Polemonium Family |
| Flowering Period: April, May |
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| Also Called: | | Blue wood phlox, sweet-william phlox. | | Stems: | | Erect, ascending, or decumbent; sterile shoots sprawling at base of plant, fertile shoots erect or ascending. | | Leaves: | | Opposite, simple; those of sterile shoots elliptic, blunt-tipped; those of fertile shoots lanceolate to narrowly oblong, 1 to 2 inches long, 1/2 to 1 inch wide, nearly glabrous or sparsely hairy; margins entire; tips usually tapering to points. | | Inflorescences: | | Clusters of 9-30 flowers, terminal. | | Flowers: | | On short, pubescent stalks; calyces 5-lobed, glandular-pubescent, lobes long tapering, awl-shaped; corollas bluish violet to pale purple, lighter in the throat, 5-lobed; lobes 1/2 to 3/4 inch long, blunt-tipped; stamens 5, unequal. | | Fruits: | | Capsules, egg-shaped; seeds few. | | Habitat: | | Moist, open woods and thickets. | | Distribution: | | Principally east 1/3 of Kansas. | | Comments: | | This colony-forming plant requires partial shade. |
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| Blue phlox |  | | 103 KB | | Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| | Blue phlox |  | | 62 KB | | Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| | Blue wood phlox |  | | 109 KB | | Jefferson County, Kansas |
| | Blue wood phlox flowers |  | | 46 KB | | Jefferson County, Kansas |
| | Blue phlox |  | | 61 KB | | Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| | Blue phlox leaves |  | | 59 KB | | Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| | Blue wood phlox habit |  | | 111 KB | | Wildcat Glades, Newton County, Missouri |
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