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Wideflower Phlox (Phlox latifolia)

Description

Mountain phlox is-native-to the Appalachian states (where it is listed as-rare-in several states) and introduced to New England, where it is known only from western Massachusetts. This unusual-perennial-phlox is low and creeping, with wide, pink flowers that-bloom-in April and May.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Ericales

            • Family: Polemoniaceae

              • Genus: Phlox