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Thickleaf Phlox (Phlox carolina)

Thickleaf Phlox (Phlox Carolina) https://www.sagebud.com/thickleaf-phlox-phlox-carolina
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Phlox Carolina, or more commonly know as Thickleaf Phlox, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Phlox. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Phlox Carolina or Thickleaf Phlox's floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Phlox
  • Family: Polemoniaceae
  • Order: Solanales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (N)
  • State T/E Status: MD (E X)
  • State T/E Common Name: MD (thick-leaved phlox)
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: FACU FACW
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FACU) 2(FACU) 3(FACW*) 6(NI)





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