Index / Search / Phlox glaberrima
§1 Plant
Phlox glaberrima L.
vernacular smooth phlox — species · Polemoniaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polemoniaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Phlox
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 364 counties across 13 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 110 min.
- Precipitation
- 32–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.8–7
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Red
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 364 counties across 13 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Clark 05019
- Cleveland 05025
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Dallas 05039
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Fulton 05049
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lincoln 05079
- Lonoke 05085
- Nevada 05099
- Polk 05113
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Scott 05127
- Sebastian 05131
- Union 05139
- White 05145
Florida view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 75 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Montgomery 17135
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Bartholomew 18005
- Benton 18007
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dubois 18037
- Floyd 18043
- Fulton 18049
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Harrison 18061
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Perry 18123
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- Shelby 18145
- Spencer 18147
- Starke 18149
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Union 18161
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- White 18181
Kentucky view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Bourbon 21017
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Daviess 21059
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Garrard 21079
- Graves 21083
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McLean 21149
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Owsley 21189
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rowan 21205
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Benton 28009
- Calhoun 28013
- Chickasaw 28017
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- Forrest 28035
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Madison 28089
- Monroe 28095
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Scott 28123
- Stone 28131
- Tishomingo 28141
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
North Carolina view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Craven 37049
- Davidson 37057
- Gaston 37071
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Jackson 37099
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Orange 37135
- Person 37145
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Rockingham 37157
- Rutherford 37161
- Stanly 37167
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Watauga 37189
- Yancey 37199
Tennessee view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Claiborne 47025
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Fayette 47047
- Franklin 47051
- Giles 47055
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Hickman 47081
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lewis 47101
- Lincoln 47103
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Maury 47119
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Perry 47135
- Polk 47139
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Unicoi 47171
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Wayne 47181
- Weakley 47183
- Williamson 47187
Virginia view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Brunswick 51025
- Chesterfield 51041
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fluvanna 51065
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Nottoway 51135
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince George 51149
- Pulaski 51155
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Tazewell 51185
- Wise 51195
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PHGL4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2927742 ↗Record version
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