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Wild Sweetwilliam (Phlox maculata)

Wild Sweetwilliam (Phlox Maculata) https://www.sagebud.com/wild-sweetwilliam-phlox-maculata/
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Phlox Maculata, or more commonly know as Wild Sweetwilliam, 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 Maculata or Wild Sweetwilliam's floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Vermont.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Phlox
  • Family: Polemoniaceae
  • Order: Solanales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (N) CAN (I)
  • State T/E Status: MI (T) NY (E)
  • State T/E Common Name: MI (wild sweet william or spotted phlox) NY (wild sweet-william)
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: FAC FACW+
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FACW) 2(FAC) 3(FACW+) 5(NI)





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