Phlox speciosa: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Phlox
- Species
- Phlox speciosa
- Scientific Name
- Phlox speciosa
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Phlox speciosa
Phlox speciosa is a species of phlox known by the common name showy phlox. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Arizona and New Mexico, where it occurs in sagebrush, pine woodlands, and mountain forests.
It is an erect perennial herb with a shrubby base growing up to about 40 centimeters tall. The leaves are linear or lance-shaped, oppositely arranged, and generally glandular.
The inflorescence bears one or more white to pink flowers with elongated tubular throats each up to about 1.5 centimeters long. The corolla has five double-lobed, notched, or heart-shaped lobes.
There are several subspecies, most being limited to certain sections of the plant's overall distribution.
...Phlox speciosa in languages:
- English
- showy phlox
- Russian
- Флокс особенный
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Phlox aculeata
- Phlox adsurgens
- Phlox albomarginata
- Phlox alyssifolia
- Phlox amabilis
- Phlox amoena
- Phlox amplifolia
- Phlox andicola
- Phlox austromontana
- Phlox bifida
- Phlox buckleyi
- Phlox caespitosa
- Phlox carolina
- Phlox caryophylla
- Phlox cluteana
- Phlox colubrina
- Phlox condensata
- Phlox cuspidata
- Phlox diffusa
- Phlox dispersa
- Phlox divaricata
- Phlox dolichantha
- Phlox douglasii
- Phlox drummondii
- Phlox floridana
- Phlox glaberrima
- Phlox glabriflora
- Phlox gladiformis
- Phlox griseola
- Phlox hendersonii
- Phlox hirsuta
- Phlox hoodii
- Phlox idahonis
- Phlox kelseyi
- Phlox longifolia
- Phlox maculata
- Phlox mexicana
- Phlox missoulensis
- Phlox mollis
- Phlox multiflora
- Phlox muscoides
- Phlox nana
- Phlox nivalis
- Phlox oklahomensis
- Phlox opalensis
- Phlox ovata
- Phlox paniculata
- Phlox pattersonii
- Phlox peckii
- Phlox pilosa
- Phlox procumbens
- Phlox pulchra
- Phlox pulvinata
- Phlox pungens
- Phlox richardsonii
- Phlox rigida
- Phlox roemeriana
- Phlox sibirica
- Phlox solivaga
- Phlox speciosa
- Phlox stansburyi
- Phlox stolonifera
- Phlox subulata
- Phlox tenuifolia
- Phlox variabilis
- Phlox vermejoensis
- Phlox viridis
- Phlox viscida
- Phlox woodhousei
- Phlox × glutinosa
- Phlox × pyramidalis































































































































































