Family: Polemoniaceae
Scientific Name: Phlox bifida susp. bifida
Common Name: Cleft phlox, Sand phlox, Ten-point phlox
Description | A native Phlox growing in rocky dry soils but very adaptable to rock gardens. |
Plant Type | All Plants, Wild Flowers |
Hardiness Zone | at least 5 |
Sunlight | full |
Moisture | average to dry |
Soil & Site | native to dry sandy soils |
Flowers | white to pale violet, 5 parted, borne in a cyme, funnel shaped with a narrow tube, tip of leaf lobes with a notch |
Leaves | linear, entire, sessile, stems can be covered with both glandular and non-glandular hairs (sticky and non sticky) |
Dimensions | 4-12 inches tall, mat forming |
Notes & Reference | #100-Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (Merel Black and Emmet Judziewicz) |
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