PLANTS Profile for Phlox bifida ssp. stellaria (cleft phlox)

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Phlox bifida Beck ssp. stellaria (A. Gray) Wherry
cleft phlox

Symbol:

PHBIS

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polemoniaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Phlox bifida Beck ssp. stellaria (A. Gray) Wherry

Phlox stellaria

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 57. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Phlox bifida Beck ssp. stellaria (A. Gray) Wherry

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Synonyms:
Phlox bifida Beck ssp. stellaria (A. Gray) Wherry

	PHBIC	Phlox bifida Beck var. cedaria (Brand) Fernald
	PHBIS2	Phlox bifida Beck var. stellaria (A. Gray) Wherry
	PHST13	Phlox stellaria A. Gray

Distribution:
Phlox bifida Beck ssp. stellaria (A. Gray) Wherry


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AR, IL, IN, KY, MO, TN)

Related Taxa:
Phlox bifida Beck ssp. stellaria (A. Gray) Wherry

View 21 genera in Polemoniaceae, 70 species in Phlox, 2 subspecies in Phlox bifida Beck

Classification:
Phlox bifida Beck ssp. stellaria (A. Gray) Wherry

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Polemoniaceae – Phlox family
Genus	Phlox L. – phlox
Species	Phlox bifida Beck – cleft phlox
Subspecies	Phlox bifida Beck ssp. stellaria (A. Gray) Wherry – cleft phlox

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Phlox bifida Beck ssp. stellaria (A. Gray) Wherry

This plant and the related entityitalicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Indiana:
cleft phlox		Endangered
Kentucky:
starry cleft phlox		Threatened
Michigan:
Phlox bifida
cleft phlox		Threatened
Tennessee:
glade cleft phlox		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Phlox bifida Beck ssp. stellaria (A. Gray) Wherry

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524470.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/27/2008 09:41 PM MDT