Phlox maculata L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Polemoniaceae

• Scientific Name

  Phlox maculata L.

• Description

  Species Description - Stems erect, 3–8 dm, usually red-spotted; lvs numerous, lance-linear to lanceolate or narrowly oblong, 5–12 cm; infl of a terminal and several to many axillary cymes, the latter all short-peduncled, forming a subcylindric cluster 5–25 cm; infl densely but minutely hairy, not glandular; cal usually glabrous, 6–8 mm, cor red-purple, 12–22 mm wide; style elongate; 2n=14. Low woods and wet meadows; s. Que. to Va. and in the mts. to Ga., w. to s. Minn., Io., and Mo. June, July. (P. pyramidalis)

• Common Names

  meadow-phlox, spotted phlox