Wild blue phlox

(Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii)

Conservation Status

IUCN Red List

not listed

NatureServe

N3N5 - Vulnerable to Secure

SNR - Unranked

Minnesota

not listed

Wetland Indicator Status

Great Plains

FACU - Facultative upland

Midwest

FACU - Facultative upland

Northcentral & Northeast

FACU - Facultative upland

 
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Habitat

Moist soils. Rich, moist, deciduous woods; fields.

Ecology

Flowering

April to June

 

Pests and Diseases

 

Use

 

Distribution

Distribution Map

 

Sources

2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 24, 28, 29, 30.

7/14/2023    
     

Nativity

Native

     

Occurrence

 

Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae (Plants)

Subkingdom

Pteridobiotina

Phylum

Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)

Class

Magnoliopsida (Dicots)

Order

Ericales (Heathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies)

Family

Polemoniaceae (Phlox)

Subfamily

Polemonioideae

Genus

Phlox (Phloxes)

Section

Divaricatae

Species

Phlox divaricata (blue phlox)

   

Subordinate Taxa

   
   

Synonyms

Armeria divaricata

Phlox canadensis

Phlox divaricata var. canadensis

Phlox glomerata

Phlox vernalis

   

Common Names

blue phlox

forest phlox

Lapham’s phlox

sweet William

wild blue phlox

wild sweet-William

woodland phlox

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glossary

Corolla

A collective name for all of the petals of a flower.

 

Decumbent

Reclining on the ground but with the tips ascending.

 

Glandular hairs

Hairs spread over aerial vegetation that secrete essential oils. The oils act to protect against herbivores and pathogens or, when on a flower part, attract pollinators. The hairs have a sticky or oily feel.

 

Stolon

An above-ground, creeping stem that grows along the ground and produces roots and sometimes new plants at its nodes. A runner.

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Phlox divaricata (Wild Blue Phlox)
PrairieMoonNursery

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Uploaded on Apr 27, 2010

http://www.prairiemoon.com/ - This native Phlox is great for the woodland or a sunny location. Observe it blooming here in the Prairie Moon gardens April 21.

Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)
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Published on Apr 17, 2012

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White Oak Sink - Blue Phlox
umichjohnno

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Uploaded on Jan 26, 2011

A glimpse at one area of the incomparable White Oak Sink and its forest floor, carpeted with Blue Phlox and May-apple. Date taken: April 21, 2010.

 

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5/19/2018

Location: Rice Lake State Park

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Wayne Rasmussen
6/1/2016

Location: Rice Lake SP, Steele Co, MN

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Wayne Rasmussen
5/31/2016

Location: Nerstrand Big Woods State Park

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