PHLOX FAMILY. Polemon/acess. 



PHLOX FAMILY. Polemoniacece. 



Herbs with alternate or opposite leaves and perfect, 

 regular or nearly regular flowers with a five-lobed co- 

 rolla which is rolled up in the bud, the lobes of the 

 mature flower remaining somewhat contorted. Stamens 

 five. Cross-fertilized most generally by butterflies and 

 bumblebees. The name Phlox is from the Greek <pAo', 

 meaning flame. 



Downy Phlox -^ more southern and western species 

 Phlox pilosa with soft-downy stem and leaves, the 

 Purple, etc. latter deep green, linear or lance-shaped, 

 May-June without teeth and stemless. Flowers from 



pale crimson-pink to purple and white. The calyx 

 sticky-glandular, the corolla-tube usually fine-hairy. 

 1-2 feet high. In dry ground from Southbury, Conn. 

 (E. B. Harger), and N. J., south, west to S. Dak., and Tex. 

 Another rather western species with a 

 Phlox ' somewhat sticky fine-hairy stem, with 



Phlox divari- spreading leafy shoots from the base. 

 cata Leaves wider than those of the preceding 



Pale lilac or species, especially those on the sterile 



shoots; they are deep green, ovate lance- 

 April-June j. J rpi i l , 



shaped, and acute-pointed. The pale violet 

 or lilac flowers have generally notched lobes, they are 

 slightly fragrant, and are gathered in loose clusters. 

 Often the lobes are without notches. 9-18 inches high. 

 In moist thin woodlands. N. Y., south, west to Minn. 

 A very low species with tufted stems, 



Ground or spreading over the ground until it forms 



Moss Pink 



Phlox subulata compact masses resembling moss.. The 

 Crimson small, thickish yellow-green leaves sharp- 



pink, etc. tipped, linear, and close set; the plant 



April- mostly evergreen. Flowers few in a 



cluster terminating the short stems, vary- 

 ing in color from white through crimson-pink to light 

 magenta; the petals notched. The stems fine-hairy or 

 becoming smooth. 2-5 inches high. In sandy or rocky 

 ground. N. H. and Mass., south, west to Mich, and Ky. 

 Phlox paniculata, which is a tall garden species, in 

 colors varying from pink and lilac to white, with stout, 



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