Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Polemoniaceae

Phlox - [maps | photos]

• Phlox amoena Sims
  Common Name: hairy phlox

• Phlox amplifolia Britton
  Common Name: largeleaf phlox

• Phlox bifida Beck ssp. stellaria (A. Gray) Wherry (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: cleft phlox
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         • Phlox stellaria Gray

• Phlox divaricata L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland -
  Common Name: wild blue phlox, sweet william
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         • Phlox divaricata L. var. laphamii Wood

• Phlox glaberrima L.
  NWI TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: smooth phlox
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         • Phlox carolina L.

• Phlox maculata L. ssp. pyramidalis (Sm.) Wherry
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: wild sweet william

• Phlox ovata L. (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: wideflower phlox
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         • Phlox latifolia Michx.

• Phlox paniculata L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: fall phlox

• Phlox pilosa L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland +
  Common Name: downy phlox

• Phlox stolonifera Sims
  Common Name: creeping phlox

• Phlox subulata L. (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: moss pink

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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