Phlox pilosa
(Prairie Phlox)
Phlox pilosa, Huntsville State Park, Walker Co. 7413
Phlox pilosa, Huntsville State Park, Walker Co. 7396
Phlox pilosa, Huntsville State Park, Walker Co. 7410
Phlox pilosa, Huntsville State Park, Walker Co. 7398
Phlox pilosa, Huntsville State Park, Walker Co. 7400
Phlox pilosa, Huntsville State Park, Walker Co. 7405
| Scientific Name | Phlox pilosa | USDA PLANTS Symbol | PHPI |
| Common Name | Prairie Phlox, Downy Phlox | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 30974 |
| Family | Polemoniaceae (Phlox) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Sandy or clay soils in meadows, open woodlands and fencerows. Plant: Erect, slender perennial up up to 24 inches tall; single flowering stem is unbranched except (sometimes) at the flowering head; stem covered with short, hairs, both glandular and non-glandular. Leaves: Narrow, opposite, linear becoming lanceolate upwards; blades up to 3 inches long and 3/8 wide, sparsely to moderately spread out along the stem; sessile, and mostly hairless. Inflorescence: A rounded cluster of a few to several pink to purple (or, rarely, white) flowers 1/2 to 3/4-inch across, with a long, slender corolla tube; the 5 widely spreading corolla lobes are obovate or oblanceolate; each blossom on a pedicel up to 3/4-inch long; calyx at the base of the tube is purple-tinged and hairy, with 5 long, erect to spreading, very narrow teeth. Bloom Period: March to May. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Corell and Johnston, "Wildflowers of Texas" by Geyata Ajilsvsgi, Illinois Wildflowers and Minnesota Wildflowers. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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