Biology:Phlox ovata

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Short description: Species of plant

Phlox ovata
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Phlox
Species:
P. ovata
Binomial name
Phlox ovata
Synonyms[1]

Phlox ovata (syn. Phlox latifolia), the Allegheny phlox, mountain phlox, or wideflower phlox, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae, native to the eastern United States.[1][2] A creeping perennial found in open montane woodlands, its taxonomic history has been marked by nomenclatural issues.[2][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Phlox ovata L." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/282685-2. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Phlox latifolia Michx. Wideflower Phlox, Mountain Phlox". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 5 December 2022. https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=phla13. 
  3. Locklear, James H. (2011). "Phlox ovata L. (Polemoniaceae): Clarification of the Nomenclature of the Allegheny Phlox". Castanea 76: 116–117. doi:10.2179/10-007.1. 

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