Family: Polemoniaceae,
Phlox
Genus: Phlox
Description
General: taprooted, more or less mat-forming perennial, the
numerous stems occasionally loosely almost erect, but
rarely as much as 10 cm tall.
 Leaves: opposite, inconspicuously slightly rough-
surfaced, linear, flexible, the better developed ones mostly
12-30 mm long and 1-2 mm wide, the pairs close to each
other on the stem.
 Flowers: about 1 to 3 at the ends of the stems, stalkless
or short-stalked. Calyx hairless or sometimes cobwebby-
short-hairy, slightly shorter than the corolla tube, the 5
lobes sharp-pointed, rather narrow and often thickened, but
not very firm, the membranes between the 5 ridges of the
calyx flat. Corolla white or occasionally bluish, the tube
10-14 mm long, the 5 broad, rounded lobes 6-11 mm long.
Style 5.5-8 mm long.
Flowering time: May-August.
 Fruits: capsules, elliptic, splitting along 3 lines,
containing few seeds.
Distribution
Open or wooded, often rocky places, from the higher
foothills to above timberline in the mountains, in w. and s.c.
parts of MT. Also from adjacent ID to CO and n.e. UT, and
in Elko Co., NV.
 Medicinal plant, see below. |
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