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Phlox diffusa diffusa (Phlox diffusa diffusa)

Description

Phlox diffusa is a perennial herb subshrub. Its matted to the ground no more than 8 inches tall and its stem is usually prostrate or decumbent to erect. Phlox diffusa has opposite simple pinnate needle like leaves. Flowers are quite showy and range from Lavender to pink in color. Flowers have five petals with a tubular corolla that is fused at the base.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Ericales

            • Family: Polemoniaceae

              • Genus: Phlox