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

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Phlox bifida Beck ssp. bifida
cleft phlox

Symbol:

PHBIB

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polemoniaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

Images:
Phlox bifida Beck ssp. bifida

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Synonyms:
Phlox bifida Beck ssp. bifida

	PHBIA	Phlox bifida Beck ssp. arkansana Marsh. p.p.
	PHBIG	Phlox bifida Beck var. glandifera Wherry

Distribution:
Phlox bifida Beck ssp. bifida


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USA (AR, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, MO, TN, WI)

Related Taxa:
Phlox bifida Beck ssp. bifida

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

Classification:
Phlox bifida Beck ssp. bifida

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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. bifida – cleft phlox

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Phlox bifida Beck ssp. bifida

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.

Kentucky:
cleft phlox		Threatened
Michigan:
Phlox bifida
cleft phlox		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Phlox bifida Beck ssp. bifida

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524469.

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

Time Generated: 10/22/2008 03:23 AM MDT