PHLOX 



PHLOX 



2589 



Var. suffruticdsa. Gray (P. suffruticosa, Vent. P. 

 nitida, Pursh). Stiff er, sometimes pubescent above: 

 Ivs. considerably broader: fls. varying to flesh-color. 

 Ga. and Term., south and west. B.M. 1344 (as P. 

 Carolina), and B.R. 68. 



2913. Phlox divaricate 



cc. Plant distinctly hairy or pubescent (exceptions in 



No. 9). 



D. Sterile, prostrate or running shoots arising from the 

 base of the plant. 



6. divaricata, Linn. (P. canadensis, Sweet). WILD 

 SWEET WILLIAM. Fig. 2913. Sts. slender, pubescent, 

 10-18 in. tall: Ivs. varying from linear-oblong to ovate- 

 lanceolate, mostly acute: fls. in small cymes termina- 

 ting short branches, 1 in. across, blue or pinkish blue, 

 handsome and somewhat fragrant, the corolla-lobes 

 often notched, the calyx-lobes narrow and subulate. 

 Woods and copses, in lowish grounds. Que., west and 

 south, to Fla. and La. B.M. 163. G.F. 7:256 (reduced 

 in Fig. 2913). Gn. 60, p. 251; 76, p. 45. G.L. 18:335. 

 G.W. 2, p. 555. R.B. 24:185. Gn.W. 23:433. Gn.M. 

 2 : 167. A very attractive early spring fl., often coloring 

 the floor of woods. Prefers rich soil. Var. Laphamii, 

 Wood. Lvs. ovate: fls. bright blue; petals obtuse and 

 entire. This name is listed abroad; plant said to be 

 stronger-growing and with longer-blooming season than 

 the species. G.M. 55:556. P. divaricata has received 

 considerable attention from cultivators abroad. 



7. stolonifera, Sims (P. reptans, Michx.). Low and 

 weak, the flowering sts. reaching 6-12 in., the sterile 

 ones long and prostrate, the plant thinly glandular- 

 hairy: lys. short-ovate or obovate, more or less obtuse: 

 fls. few in each cyme, purple or violet, the lobes mostly 



entire, the calyx-lobes narrow and subulate. Pa. and 

 Ky. to Ga., mostly in the upper regions. B.M. 563. 

 Var. yerna, Hort. (P. verna, Hort.), has rose-colored 

 fls. with dark purple throat; a garden form. 



DD. Sterile prostrate shoots none. 



8. amdena, Sims (P. Wdlteri, Chapm. P. involu- 

 crata, Wood). Sts. 6 in. or less high from a decumbent 

 base, pubescent or hairy: Ivs. numerous, mostly in 

 rosettes at the base, few on the flowering sts., small, 

 oblong-lanceolate to linear-oblong, mostly obtuse but 

 sometimes nearly or quite acute: fls. numerous for size 

 of plant, purple, pink or white, lobes usually entire, 

 calyx-lobes narrow and sharp-acute. Dry lands, Va. to 

 Ky. and south. B.M. 1308. G.M. 56:157. Var. foliis 

 vaiiegatis, Hort., with Ivs. variegated, is listed. 



9. pilosa, Linn. (P. aristata, Michx. P. cuspidata, 

 Scheele). Sts. slender but erect, 2 ft. or less tall, pubes- 

 cent or hairy (nearly glabrous forms occur) : Ivs. small, 

 linear or linear-lanceolate, widest near the base, acu- 

 minate: fls. numerous in rather loose cymes, varying 

 through purple, pink and white, the lobes entire, the 

 calyx-lobes awn-like. Dry fields, woods, Ont. and Man. 

 to Fla. and Texas, growing as far east as N. J. B.M. 

 1307. L.B.C. 1251, 1731. G.L. 27:117. Gn.W. 23:495. 



BB. Flowering sts. diffuse and branching, often creeping, 

 low, sometimes cespitose: plants of more or less 

 tufted habit. 

 c. Corolla-lobes 2-S-parted or very strongly notched. 



10. bifida, Beck. Low, the sts. stiff and sometimes 

 almost woody and often 1 ft. long and rising 3-8 in. 

 from the ground, minutely pubescent: Ivs. linear and 

 rigid, 2 in. or less long: fls. scattered, violet-purple, the 

 lobes 2- or 3-cleft as far as the middle or farther into 

 narrow spreading segm. Prairies, Mich, to Mo. and 

 Tenn. Rarely cult. 



11. Stellaria, Gray. Fig. 2914. Stellaria-like: gla- 

 brous: Ivs. linear, sparingly ciliate toward the base: fls. 

 scattered, usually 



long- peduncled, 

 pale blue to whit- 

 ish, the lobes cleft 

 only at the apex 

 into short oblong 

 parts. Lexington, 

 Ky., to S. 111. 

 and Tenn. G.F. 

 1:257 (adapted in 

 Fig. 2914). How 

 much, if any, of 

 the P. stellaria of 

 the trade is this 

 species and how 

 much is forms of 

 P. subulata, is to 

 be determined. 



cc. Corolla-lobes 

 shallow-notched 

 or entire. 



D. Peduncles usu- 

 ally bearing few 

 to several slen- 

 der -pedicelled 

 fls. 



12. subulata, 

 Linn. (P. setacea, 

 Linn.). GROUND 

 PINK. Moss PINK. 

 Fig. 2915. Tufted 

 or matted species, 

 in many forms, 

 the depressed sts. 

 more or less 



2914. Phlox Stellaria ( X */) 



