PLANTS Profile for Phlox nivalis ssp. texensis (Texan phlox)

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Phlox nivalis Lodd. ex Sweet ssp. texensis Lundell
Texan phlox

Symbol:

PHNIT

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polemoniaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Distribution:
Phlox nivalis Lodd. ex Sweet ssp. texensis Lundell


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USA (TX)

Related Taxa:
Phlox nivalis Lodd. ex Sweet ssp. texensis Lundell

View 21 genera in Polemoniaceae, 71 species in Phlox, 3 subspecies in Phlox nivalis Lodd. ex Sweet

Classification:
Phlox nivalis Lodd. ex Sweet ssp. texensis Lundell

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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 nivalis Lodd. ex Sweet – trailing phlox
Subspecies	Phlox nivalis Lodd. ex Sweet ssp. texensis Lundell – Texan phlox

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Phlox nivalis Lodd. ex Sweet ssp. texensis Lundell

This plant is 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.

United States:
Texas trailing phlox		Endangered
Texas:
Texas trailing phlox		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Phlox nivalis Lodd. ex Sweet ssp. texensis Lundell

View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30970.

Time Generated: 05/20/2013 03:29 PM CDT