PLANTS Profile for Phlox bifida (cleft phlox)

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PLANTS Profile

Phlox bifida Beck
cleft phlox

Symbol:

PHBI3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polemoniaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub

Native Status:

L48

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©Thomas G. Barnes. Barnes, T.G., and S.W. Francis. 2004. Wildflowers and ferns of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Phlox bifida Beck

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Distribution:
Phlox bifida Beck


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AR, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, MO, TN, WI)

Related Taxa:
Phlox bifida Beck

View 21 genera in Polemoniaceae, 71 species in Phlox or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Phlox bifida Beck ssp. bifida. .

Phlox bifida ssp. bifida
cleft phlox

Distribution of Phlox bifida Beck ssp. stellaria (A. Gray) Wherry. . Image Available.

Phlox bifida ssp. stellaria
cleft phlox

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Phlox bifida Beck

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Polemoniaceae – Phlox family
Genus	Phlox L. – phlox
Species	Phlox bifida Beck – cleft phlox

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Phlox bifida Beck

This plant and the related entitiesitalicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Indiana:
Phlox bifida ssp. stellaria
cleft phlox		Endangered
Kentucky:
Phlox bifida ssp. bifida
cleft phlox		Threatened
Phlox bifida ssp. stellaria
starry cleft phlox		Threatened
Michigan:
cleft phlox		Threatened
Tennessee:
Phlox bifida ssp. stellaria
glade cleft phlox		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Phlox bifida Beck

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30918.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 02:37 AM CDT