Phlox ovata

Classification	Dicots
Family	Polemoniaceae
Family (Traditional)	Polemoniaceae
Genus	Phlox
Species:	Phlox ovata L.
Common Name	Alabama Phlox
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Pink; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value	9
Status	Native
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** Not applicable or data not available.

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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Claiborne (TN), Cocke (TN), Grainger (TN), Greene (TN), Hamblen (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hancock (TN), Hawkins (TN), Knox (TN), Union (TN), Williamson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, MTSU, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1983 - 2012

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0180584	Hawkins	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180585	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180586	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180582	Hawkins	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180576	Hamblen	Tennessee	21 Apr 2012	Aaron Floden & E. E. Schilling 7014	TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180575	Greene	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180574	Greene	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180572	Grainger	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180573	Grainger	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
APSC0009899	Cocke	Tennessee			APSC Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180568	Grainger	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180570	Grainger	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180567	Grainger	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180571	Grainger	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180578	Hawkins	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180589	Union	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180581	Hawkins	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180583	Hawkins	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180564	Claiborne	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
MTSU017158	Williamson	Tennessee	25 Apr 1983	Stephany Looney 36	MTSU Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180566	Cocke	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180588	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180565	Cocke	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180577	Hancock	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
UCHT034143	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180569	Grainger	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180579	Hawkins	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0244011	Hawkins	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180580	Hawkins	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata
TENN-V-0180587	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Phlox ovata

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