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Photographer: Janice Stiefel
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Family Polemoniaceae
Phlox subulata L.
moss phlox, moss-pink
Phlox: from the Greek phlox, "flame," ancient name of Lychnis of the Caryophyllaceae
subulata: awl-shaped
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| Status: | Introduced - escaped |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 2"-8" tall forb, with many branches |
| Flower: | rose-pink to white, 5-parted, 1/2"-3/4" wide, funnel-shaped, lobe tip notched up to 1/4 its length; inflorescence a few-flowered, branched cluster (cyme); blooms May |
| Leaf: | many, crowded, mostly opposite, not divided; main leaves less than 1/2" long, sharp pointed |
| Habitat: | ledges; in sandy, gravelly soil |
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