Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Phlox woodhousei (Torrey ex Gray) E. Nelson
(Showy Phlox)


Family: Polemoniaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Phlox speciosa Pursh subsp. woodhousei (Torrey ex Gray) Wherry
Phlox speciosa Pursh subsp. woodhousei Torrey ex Gray
Phlox woodhousei (Torrey ex Gray) E. Nelson var. oculata A. Nelson

Phlox woodhousei is a perennial pink phlox with variable purple and white markings on the corolla lobes. The lobes are always notched. The herbage is glandular pubescent near the inflorescence. The corolla tube is about twice as long as the calyx. Phlox woodhousei is found in the Ponderosa Pine forest in open areas in full sunlight in the western part of the Gila National Forest.
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Phlox woodhousei, photo Russ Kleinman & Carey Anne Lafferty, Mogollon Mtns., Leggett Canyon, April 26, 2009



Phlox woodhousei, detail of corolla lobes, photo Russ Kleinman & Carey Anne Lafferty, Mogollon Mtns., Leggett Canyon, April 26, 2009



Phlox woodhousei, different color variation on corolla lobes with no inner purple markings, photo Russ Kleinman & Carey Anne Lafferty, Mogollon Mtns., Leggett Canyon, April 26, 2009



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