PLANTS Profile for Phlox subulata (moss phlox)

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PLANTS Profile

Phlox subulata L.
moss phlox

Symbol:

PHSU3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polemoniaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		NI

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Images:
Phlox subulata L.

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Distribution:
Phlox subulata L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CT, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Phlox subulata L.

View 21 genera in Polemoniaceae, 70 species in Phlox or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Phlox subulata ssp. australis
moss phlox

Phlox subulata ssp. brittonii
Britton's phlox

Phlox subulata ssp. subulata
moss phlox

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Phlox subulata 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 subulata L. – moss phlox

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Phlox subulata L.

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.

Pennsylvania:
Phlox subulata ssp. brittonii
moss pink		Endangered
Tennessee:
moss phlox		Threatened

Introduced Information:
Phlox subulata L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Phlox subulata L.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30989.

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.

Time Generated: 10/04/2008 12:04 AM MDT