Phlox stolonifera
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Phlox stolonifera
Creeping Phlox | |
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Binomial: | Phlox stolonifera |
Genus: | Phlox |
Family: | Polemoniaceae |
Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
Height and spread: | 15-25 cm tall |
Phlox stolonifera (Creeping phlox, Moss phlox, Flowering moss, Ground pink, or Moss pinks) is a flowering native to the eastern United States in the forests of the Appalachian Mountains from Pennsylvania south to northern Georgia.
Description
[edit | edit source]It is a creeping stoloniferous perennial plant growing 15-25 cm tall. The leaves on creeping stems are 3-4.5 cm long and 1.8 cm broad, those on the erect flowering stems smaller, 2 cm long. The flowers are produced in early spring, 2-2.5 cm diameter, with the five-lobed corolla pale violet to purple, pink or white in color, and yellow stamens.
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[edit | edit source]Wikiversity is collecting bloom time data for Phlox stolonifera on the Bloom Clock |