Phlox 



POLEMONIACEAE 



781 



~~ 50 



Map 1686 



Phlox maculata L. 



"To 



Map 1687 



Phlox pilosa L. 



although in some of the southern counties in the Illinoian area it is found 

 in hard, white clay soil in low, flat, beech and sweet gum woods, where 

 it is usually common. 



Wherry divides the species into two varieties as follows : 

 Nodes few (about 7-15) and often remote; upper leaves tending to become broadly 



lanceolate and cordate; blooming chiefly in early summer 



P. maculata var. odorata (Sweet) Wherry. 



Nodes numerous (about 15-30), and often crowded; upper leaves tending to become 



linear- or oblong-lanceolate; blooming chiefly in late summer 



P. maculata var. pyramidalis (Smith) Wherry. 



The first variety is the northern form and extends southward in Indiana 

 to Jennings County. The second variety is the southern form of the species 

 and extends northward in Indiana to Jackson and Wayne Counties. 



Que. to Minn., southw. to N. C. and Mo. 



7. Phlox pilosa L. (Wherry. Bartonia 12: 36-47. 1931.) Downy 

 Phlox. Map 1687. A frequent plant in the lake area and where it is found 

 it often forms complete stands, notably along railroads. In the Tipton Till 

 Plain, it is infrequent to rare, becoming infrequent to frequent on the 

 crests and open slopes of wooded ridges along the Ohio River. It is also 

 sometimes found in wet places in the south. In the northern part of the 

 state it is most commonly found in rather dry, open, sandy woods, along 

 roadsides and railroads, and less frequently in moist prairies, marshes, 

 and bogs. 



Wherry writes me that "the common Phlox pilosa in Indiana is what I 

 call variety virens, which is the same thing as variety 'typica' in the sense 

 that it is the Linnean plant on which the species was founded." 



The species and its varieties are found from Conn, to N. Dak., southw. 

 to Fla. and Tex. 



7a. Phlox pilosa var. fulgida Wherry. This is a variety with the 

 inflorescence densely clothed with fine nonglandular hairs; calyx lobes 

 broadish. I have a single specimen referable to this variety. It is from 

 a roadside about 10 miles northwest of Fort Wayne. It was also found by 



