Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Phlox pilosa L.


POLEMONIACEAE Family selection - Phlox family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Phlox pilosa L. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 1: 152. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Downy phlox
en English name: downy phlox
English name: prairie phlox

Grown habit: Subshrub, Shrub, Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Phlox pilosa L. ssp. deamii Levin
2) Phlox pilosa L. ssp. detonsa (A. Gray) Wherry
3) Phlox pilosa L. ssp. fulgida (Wherry) Wherry
4) Phlox pilosa L. ssp. latisepala Wherry
5) Phlox pilosa L. ssp. ozarkana (Wherry) Wherry
6) Phlox pilosa L. ssp. pilosa
7) Phlox pilosa L. ssp. pulcherrima Lundell
8) Phlox pilosa L. ssp. riparia Wherry
9) Phlox pilosa L. ssp. sangamonensis Levin & D.M. Sm.
10) Phlox pilosa L. var. amplexicaulis (Raf.) Wherry
11) Phlox pilosa L. var. aspera (E.E. Nelson) Gould ex Wherry
12) Phlox pilosa L. var. detonsa A. Gray
13) Phlox pilosa L. var. fulgida Wherry
14) Phlox pilosa L. var. longipilosa (Waterf.) R.J. Taylor & C.E.S. Taylor
15) Phlox pilosa L. var. ozarkana Wherry
16) Phlox pilosa L. var. virens (Michx.) Wherry



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Solanales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Phlox
Species:


Page counter: 340 ( AVG: 223.14 / 292.366 )



Gallery:

Phlox pilosa
Phlox pilosa
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 55.


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), CAN (MB, ON)

Distributional map for Phlox pilosa L.
Map for Phlox pilosa L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Phlox pilosa L. ssp. deamii Levin [328]
2) Phlox pilosa L. ssp. pilosa [368]
3) Phlox pilosa L. var. amplexicaulis (Raf.) Wherry [152]
4) Phlox pilosa L. var. detonsa A. Gray [132]
5) Phlox pilosa L. var. ozarkana Wherry [132]
6) Phlox richardsonii Hook. ssp. richardsonii [311]
7) Phlox sibirica L. ssp. alaskensis (Jordal) A. Löve & D. Löve [126]
8) Phlox sibirica L. var. borealis (Wherry) B. Boivin [125]
9) Phlox stansburyi (Torr.) A. Heller ssp. superba (Brand) Wherry [309]
10) Phlox subulata L. var. setacea (L.) Brand [140]

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