Phlox bifida

Classification	Dicots
Family	Polemoniaceae
Family (Traditional)	Polemoniaceae
Genus	Phlox
Species:	Phlox bifida L. C. Beck
Common Name	Cleft Phlox
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Blue; 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; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5
C value	6
Status	Native; TN[SNR] KY[S2] (State Rank); G5? (Global Rank)
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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: Calloway (KY), Garrard (KY), Hart (KY), Jessamine (KY), Laurel (KY), Monroe (KY), Bedford (TN), Davidson (TN), Rutherford (TN), Weakley (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: MTSU, APSC, EKY, HTTU, UCHT, UTM, TENN, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1956 - 2007

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
MTSU016952	Bedford	Tennessee	30 Mar 1997	Travis Emore 15	MTSU Phlox bifida
TENN-V-0180775	Calloway	Kentucky			TENN Phlox bifida
MTSU016964	Davidson	Tennessee	08 May 1971	T. Hemmerly	MTSU Phlox bifida
MTSU016960	Davidson	Tennessee	29 Mar 1989	G. Todd Crabtree 25	MTSU Phlox bifida
MTSU016962	Davidson	Tennessee	20 Mar 1990	Christie Davenport 12	MTSU Phlox bifida
31234100559614	Davidson	Tennessee	09 Apr 1990	Ronald L. Jones	EKY Phlox bifida
MTSU016949	Davidson	Tennessee	07 Apr 2002	Jennifer Thompson 11	MTSU Phlox bifida
APSC0051922	Davidson	Tennessee			APSC Phlox bifida
31234100559622	Garrard	Kentucky	12 May 1956	Mary Wharton 9879	EKY Phlox bifida
APSC0094673	Hart	Kentucky			APSC Phlox bifida

Phlox bifida

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