Phlox stolonifera

Taxobox
name = "Phlox stolonifera"

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image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Polemoniaceae
genus = "Phlox"
species = "P. stolonifera"
binomial = "Phlox stolonifera"
binomial_authority = Sims

"Phlox stolonifera" (Creeping phlox, Moss phlox, Flowering moss, Ground pink, or Moss pinks) is a flowering plant in the genus "Phlox".

It is native to the eastern United States in forests in the Appalachian Mountains from Pennsylvania south to northern Georgia.

It is a creeping stoloniferous perennial plant growing 15-25 cm tall. The leaves on creeping stems are 3-4.5 cm long and 1.8 cm broad, those on the erect flowering stems smaller, 2 cm long. The flowers are produced in early spring, 2-2.5 cm diameter, with the five-lobed corolla pale violet to purple, pink or white in color, and yellow stamens.

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External links

* [http://www.discoverlife.org/nh/tx/Plantae/Dicotyledoneae/Polemoniaceae/Phlox/stolonifera/ University of Georgia: "Phlox stolonifera"] (includes range map)
* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?405816 Germplasm Resources Information Network: "Phlox stolonifera"]
* [http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/groundcover/phlox_stolonifera.html North Carolina State University: "Phlox stolonifera"]