Phlox hoodii
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Polemoniaceae |
Genus: | Phlox |
Species: | P. hoodii
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Binomial name | |
Phlox hoodii Richardson
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Phlox hoodii, the spiny phlox or carpet phlox, is a species of phlox. It is a plant of western North America, where it is a common flower in sagebrush country. It is among the first plants to bloom in spring, after the snow has melted. Its distribution extends from Alaska to Arizona.[1] There are many subspecies.
This perennial herb is variable in morphology, but usually forms a tight mat or loose clump on the ground.[1] The short stems emerge from a woody taproot and caudex unit and the plant form is no more than 13 centimetres (5 in) tall.[1] The abundant tiny, sharp-pointed leaves are oppositely arranged and barely exceed one centimetre (1⁄3 in) long. The herbage is hairy in texture, the hairs short to long, woolly to cobwebby.[1] The appearance of the plant is almost mosslike until blooming.[2] The inflorescence is a solitary flower in shades of white, pink, or blue.[1] It has a tubular throat about one centimetre (1⁄3 in) long spreading into a flat five-lobed corolla.
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- Calflora Database: Phlox hoodii (Spiny phlox)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Phlox hoodii ssp canescens
- UC CalPhotos gallery
- Phlox
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of the North-Central United States
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of Western Canada
- Flora of Alaska
- Flora of California
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of the Great Basin
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Flora of Subarctic America
- Ericales stubs