TUFTLED PHLOX

Class: Phlox caespitosa

Family: PHLOX FAMILY

Sub Family: Polemoniaceae

Year: Perennial

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Colour: Blue to purplish

Height: 7.5-15 cm (3-6")

Each Flower: 1.3 cm (1/2") across with 5, broad petals, narrowing to form tube 9 mm (3/8") long; yellow stamens conspicuous in the middle, 3 long and 2 short; style with 2-branched stigma; calyx with 5, narrow, pointed sepals, half as long as tube, joined at their lower half

Leaves: In many close whorls up stem, with 3 mm (1/8") long, narrow almost needle-pointed blades

Stems: Many-branched, tough

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Habitat: Dryish, grassy banks and open Ponderosa pine stands

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