PLANTS Profile for Phlox divaricata (wild blue phlox)

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Phlox divaricata L.
wild blue phlox

Symbol:

PHDI5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polemoniaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Jennifer Anderson. United States, IL, Rock Island Co., Rock Island, Black Hawk State Park. 2001. Usage Requirements.

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Phlox divaricata L.

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Distribution:
Phlox divaricata 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, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Phlox divaricata L.

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

Phlox divaricata ssp. divaricata
wild blue phlox

Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii
Lapham's phlox

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Phlox divaricata 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 divaricata L. – wild blue phlox

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Phlox divaricata L.

This plant is 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.

New Jersey:
wild blue phlox		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Phlox divaricata 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

UPL,FACU

FACU

FACU-

FACU

UPL

FACU-

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Phlox divaricata L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 30934.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/21/2008 07:50 AM MDT