Showy Phlox

Phlox speciosa

"Phlox speciosa" is a species of phlox known by the common name showy phlox. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Arizona and New Mexico, where it occurs in sagebrush, pine woodlands, and mountain forests.
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Appearance

"Phlox speciosa" has an erect stem. Leaves are between 1–5 cm and lance-linear. Terminal inflorescence with leaf-like bracts below; pedicel 3–20 mm and slender. The calyx is 7–10 mm, membrane not keeled; corolla bright pink to white, with heart-shaped lobes, tube 10–15 mm, lobes obcordate to deeply 2-lobed; stamens short, anthers in corolla tube; style 0.4–2 mm, stigmas > style. Rocky, wooded slopes, sagebrush scrub; 500–2400 m. Several subspecies named, study needed. Flowers Apr- Jun.
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Distribution

The plant is widely distributed, occurring at many serpentine sites throughout the western United States. In southern Oregon specifically, "P. speciosa" has been known to co-occur with "Darlingtonia californica" the, managed by the BLM Additionally, this plant is known to occur in the near Selma, Oregon.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderEricales
FamilyPolemoniaceae
GenusPhlox
SpeciesP. speciosa
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United States of America