258 PINK TO MAGENTA 



GROUND or MOSS PINK: Phlox subulata. 



Polemonium Family. Apr. — June. 



A low plant, forming moss-like mats, some- 

 times carpeting the ground. Found in rocky 

 ground, hillsides. Southern New York to 

 Michigan, south to Florida and Kentucky. 

 Flowers — Crimson-pink, magenta to white, 5- 

 parted, divisions usually notched on the 

 tip, borne in small clusters terminating 

 the stems. 

 Leaves — Small, narrow, about ~y 2 * ncn l° n S> 

 growing in tufts at the joints of the 

 plant stems, which are 2-5 inches long. 



DOWNY PHLOX: Phlox pildsa. 



Polemonium Family. May — June. 



A downy-stemmed plant 1-2 feet high, found 

 in dry, sandy soil. Ontario to Manitoba, 

 New Jersey, Florida, Arkansas and Texas. 

 Flowers — Borne in terminal clusters, crimson- 

 pink, purplish or white, 5-parted ; some- 

 what sticky immediately beneath the 

 flower. 

 Leaves — Narrow or lance-shaped, toothless, 

 stemless. 



