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PHLOX 



PHLOX 



2915. Phlox subulata. 



pubescent: Ivs. crowded or fascicled (except on the 

 flowering sis.), narrow-linear to linear-lanceolate, very 

 sharp and usually stiff, ciliate: fls. nearly 1 in. across, 

 light blue, pink or white, in small clusters standing 2-6 

 in. above the ground, the lobes obcordate or entire. 

 Dry banks and fields, N. Y., west and south, reach- 

 ing Fla.; run wild in 

 patches along many 

 roadsides, in cemeteries, 

 and elsewhere. B. M. 

 411 and 415. Gn. 67, p. 

 218; 71, p. 166; 75, p. 

 29. F. W. 1878, frontis. 

 Gn. M. 2:167. G.L.22: 

 358. A much-prized old 

 garden plant, useful for 

 colonizing where it is 

 desired to cover the 

 earth with a mat. It 

 blooms profusely in 

 spring. The garden 

 forms are many, as: Var. 

 nivalis, Hort. (P. nivalis, 

 Lodd.), white-fld., style 

 short; ovules commonly 

 2 or 3 in each cell. L. 

 B.C. 8 : 780. Var. aristata, 

 Hort. (P. an's<ata,Lodd.), 

 has fls. pure white, some- 

 times lilac-tinted; ovules 1 in each cell. L. B. C. 

 18: 1731. Var. Nelsonii, Hort., (not P. Nelsonii, Brand), 

 white, with rose-red eye; compact. G.W. 15, p. 430. 

 Gn. 75, p. 275. Var. Hentzii, Voss (P. Hentzii, Nutt.), 

 lobes entire or nearly so, white, lavender or purple. 

 Southern states. Var. annulata, Hort., whitish blue, 

 with purple ring. Var. atropurpilrea, Hort., rose-purple 

 with crimson ring. Var. grandifldra, Hort., fls. large, 

 red; plant dwarf. Var. stellaris, Hort., with star-like 



white fls. in profusion. 

 Var. caerulescens, Hort., 

 with bluish fls. Var. 

 pallida, Hort., large-fid., 

 rose-colored shaded lilac. 

 Var. frondosa, Hort., vig- 

 orous form; fls. pink with 

 dark center. Var. lilacina, 

 Hort., compact, lilac-fld. 

 G.C. 111.41:383. G.M. 

 55:283 Some of the 

 foregoing forms are de- 

 scribed or listed as if 

 derived from P. Slel- 

 laria; but whether from 

 the species P. Stellaria, 

 Gray, or the race of 

 stellaria or stellaris of P. 

 subulata, is not always 

 clear. 



DD. Peduncles chiefly 

 axillary and mostly 

 1- to 3-fld., or the fls. 

 nearly sessile. 

 E. Lvs. crowded or fasci- 

 cled: plant forming 

 a mat or tuft. 

 13. Douglasii, Hook. 

 Very low and densely 

 tufted, pubescent or 

 nearly glabrous : Ivs. very 

 narrow, pointed, the 

 margins at base often 

 ciliate: fls. small and 

 short - stalked , purple, 

 lilac or white, about 

 '2916. Phlox adsurgens. ( x Yi) Min. across, the lobes 



obovate and entire, the tube little exceeding the calyx. 

 Utah and Mont., west. Gn.M. 2:168. 



14. multiflSra, A. Nelson. Somewhat similar in habit 

 to P. subulata, producing large fls. in spring so freely as 

 to hide the foliage: cespitose, the branching prostrate 

 base woody, the herbaceous nearly erect shoots 2-4 



in. high, the branches 

 simple and 1-fld.: Ivs. 

 broad - linear, glabrous, 

 opposite or fascicled: fls. 

 rose, lilac or lavender, 

 fragrant; tube of corolla 

 exceeding calyx, the 

 lobes %in. long, obovate 

 and entire. Foothills 

 Colo, to Mont. Offered 

 in the W. 



EE. Lvs. little if at all 

 fascicled: plant only 

 loosely tufted. 

 p. Style nearly or quite 

 equaling the corolla-tube. 

 15. adsurgens, Torr. 

 Fig. 2916. Sts. 3-6 in. 

 long, diffuse and ascend- 

 ing, glabrous except the 

 peduncles and calyx: 

 Ivs. ovate-lanceolate or 

 ovate, acute, less than 1 in. long: fls. rose-colored or 

 whitish, nearly or quite 1 in. across, the obovate lobes 

 entire, the tube nearly twice longer than calyx. Ore., 

 in Cascade Mts. G.F. 1:66 (adapted in Fig. 2916). 



FF. Style very short. 



16. speciosa, Pursh. Variable in size, sometimes 

 ascending to 3 ft., more or less glandular above: Ivs. 2 

 in. or less long, linear to lanceolate, the uppermost 

 broad at base: fls. rose-pink or whitish, in corymbs, the 

 lobes obcordate, the tube little surpassing the calyx. 

 Ariz, and Calif, to Wash., in many forms. 



17. nana, Nutt. (P. triovuldta, Thurb.). Fig. 2917. 

 Only a few inches high, glandular-pubescent: lys. 2 in. 

 or less long, linear, sometimes alternate: fls. light red 

 or rose to white, scattered or somewhat corymbose, 

 about or nearly 1 in. across, the lobes usually entire and 

 roundish, the tube somewhat surpassing the calyx. 

 Texas to Ariz. G.F. 1:413 



(adapted in Fig. 2917). 



Many other species may be ex- 

 pected to appear in the lists of 

 dealers, and there are many Latin 

 names of domestic forms of P. 

 Drummondii, P. panic ul at a- 

 maculata, P. subulata. P.Arend- 

 sii, Hort. A summer -flowering 

 dwarf perennial phlox originating 

 with G. Arends, Germany, said 

 to be hybrid of P. divaricata (P. 

 canadensis) and P. paniculata (P. 

 decussata). Sts. stiff and wiry, 

 about 2 ft. high: fls. lavender, 

 mauve and violet, in flattish or 

 rounded head s. P. Brittonii, 

 Small. Of the P. subulata set, 

 growing on dry mountain slopes 

 in Va., W. Va., N. C.: corolla- 

 lobes deeply emarginate rather 

 than shallowly emarginate or en- 

 tire as in P. subulata: upper part 

 of plant glandular: fls. mostly 

 white, with 2 magenta spots at 

 base of lobes: Ivs. numerous, sub- 

 ujate or nearly so. P. cdrnea, 

 Sims. Probably a hybrid of P. 

 maculata and P. glaberrima: 1 Vf 

 3 ft., erect, st. not spotted: lower 

 Ivs. narrow-lanceolate to linear, 

 the upper ones oblong: fls. rose- 

 colored to purplish, in terminal 

 corymbs, on very short pedicels. 

 Southern states. B.M. 2155. L. 

 B.C. 8:711. P. criterion, Miell. 

 Like P. Drummondii, but peren- 



2917. Phlox nana. ( X H) 



