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Phlox pilosa L.
downy phlox

       
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Phlox pilosa L.

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Distribution:
Phlox pilosa L.

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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)
 

Related Taxa:
Phlox pilosa L.

View 21 genera in Polemoniaceae, 70 species in Phlox or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Phlox pilosa L. ssp. deamii Levin. .
Phlox pilosa ssp. deamii
Deam's phlox
Distribution of Phlox pilosa L. ssp. detonsa (A. Gray) Wherry. .
Phlox pilosa ssp. detonsa
downy phlox
Distribution of Phlox pilosa L. ssp. fulgida (Wherry) Wherry. .
Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida
downy phlox
Distribution of Phlox pilosa L. ssp. latisepala Wherry. .
Phlox pilosa ssp. latisepala
downy phlox
Distribution of Phlox pilosa L. ssp. ozarkana (Wherry) Wherry. .
Phlox pilosa ssp. ozarkana
Ozark phlox
Distribution of Phlox pilosa L. ssp. pilosa. .
Phlox pilosa ssp. pilosa
downy phlox
Distribution of Phlox pilosa L. ssp. pulcherrima Lundell. .
Phlox pilosa ssp. pulcherrima
downy phlox
Distribution of Phlox pilosa L. ssp. riparia Wherry. .
Phlox pilosa ssp. riparia
streamside phlox
Distribution of Phlox pilosa L. ssp. sangamonensis Levin & D.M. Sm.. .
Phlox pilosa ssp. sangamonensis
downy phlox
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Phlox pilosa L.

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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 pilosa L. – downy phlox
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Phlox pilosa L.

This plant and the related entitiesitalicized 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.

Illinois:
Phlox pilosa ssp. sangamonensis
sangamon phlox              Endangered
Maryland:
downy phlox              Endangered
New Jersey:
downy phlox              Endangered
New York:
downy phlox              Endangered
Pennsylvania:
downy phlox              Endangered
Tennessee:
Phlox pilosa ssp. ozarkana
Ozark downy phlox              Special Concern
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Phlox pilosa L.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU,FAC FACU FACU+ FAC- NI FAC FAC NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Phlox pilosa L.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30974.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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