WILD FLOWERS PINK 



it twines and trails extensively over the ground or low 

 shrubbery, from June to August. The main stem 

 grows from three to ten feet in length, and is round, 

 leafy, and generally smooth, or sometimes minutely 

 hairy. The slender stemmed leaves are triangular in 

 outline with squared, angular lobes at the base, and 

 are tapering toward the tip. The large, bell-shaped 

 flowers are usually pink, shading to white at the base 

 of the tube, with five tapering white stripes radiating 

 from the centre and extending to the edge of the 

 corolla. Five stamens and a pistil, all white, are 

 set within the tube. The five green calyx parts 

 are nearly enclosed by two large cupped bracts. The 

 solitary flowers are set on the tips of slender stems. 

 They bloom extensively, and show a preference for 

 moist soil, from Nova Scotia to -North Carolina, and 

 west to Minnesota, Utah, and Nebraska. 



GROUND PINK. MOSS PINK 



Phlox subulata. Phlox Family. 



The thick, evergreen tufts of the Moss Pink, which 

 spread over dry, sandy, or rocky ground and hillsides, 

 forming dense moss-like patches, are fairly smothered 

 with the dark-eyed, pink, purple, or white blossoms 

 from April to June. The slender, creeping, leafy 

 stalk is much branched, and grows only several inches 

 high. The numerous stiff, sharp-pointed, spreading 

 green leaves are very narrow, and are set upon the 

 stem in frequent, whorling clusters. The five spread- 

 ing, wedge-shaped divisions of the tubular corolla are 



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