Phlox carolina

ClassificationDicots
FamilyPolemoniaceae
Family (Traditional)Polemoniaceae
GenusPhlox
Species:Phlox carolina L.
Common NameThickleaf Phlox
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: LRC; Natural Area Presence: NCCGSNA; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: RCSP; Natural Area Presence: TRG; 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 Margins: entire; 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; Petal Number: 5; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 6
StatusNative; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] (State Rank); G5? (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

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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  • Counties
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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

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: Bullitt (KY), Edmonson (KY), Jefferson (KY), Madison (KY), Powell (KY), Warren (KY), Bledsoe (TN), Bradley (TN), Cocke (TN), Franklin (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Marion (TN), Polk (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sevier (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, ETSU, HTTU, MEM, MTSU, UCHT, UOS, UTM

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1937 - 2009

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
BEREA018495 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Phlox carolina
BEREA018492 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Phlox carolina
UCHT024264 Sequatchie Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
UCHT034186 Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
UCHT034179 Bradley Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
UCHT036655 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
ETSU030583 Cocke Tennessee
ETSU
Phlox carolina
BEREA018493 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Phlox carolina
UCHT024270 Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
UCHT024256 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
UCHT024254 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
APSC0063538 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Phlox carolina
APSC0063534 Bullitt Kentucky 15 May 1948
APSC
Phlox carolina
UCHT034181 Bradley Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
UCHT034182 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
UCHT034180 Bradley Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
UTM01352 Tennessee
UTM
Phlox carolina
BEREA018494 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Phlox carolina
UCHT024257 Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
UCHT024262 Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
UCHT024352 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
APSC0063674 Madison Kentucky 27 May 1944 Mary Wharton
APSC
Phlox carolina
APSC0099804 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Phlox carolina
APSC0101149 Bledsoe Tennessee
APSC
Phlox carolina
APSC0063535 Powell Kentucky 22 May 1965
APSC
Phlox carolina
MTSU016940 Wilson Tennessee 19 Apr 1991 Brian White
26
MTSU
Phlox carolina
UCHT034185 Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
UCHT034184 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
UCHT024268 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
UCHT024351 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
UCHT024349 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
MTSU016947 Rutherford Tennessee 27 Apr 1995 Kelly M. Skelton
110
MTSU
Phlox carolina
UCHT024260 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
UCHT024267 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
UCHT024266 Bradley Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
UCHT024263 Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
UCHT024265 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
APSC0063673 Powell Kentucky 03 Aug 1937 Mary Wharton
APSC
Phlox carolina
UCHT036654 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
HTTU012126 Tennessee
HTTU
Phlox carolina
UCHT034187 Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
UCHT024269 Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
UCHT024350 Sevier Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
UOS04910 Franklin Tennessee 29 May 2009 Yolande M. Gottfried
UOS
Phlox carolina
UOS04907 Franklin Tennessee 13 May 1965 William C. Coleman
UOS
Phlox carolina
UOS04906 Franklin Tennessee 13 May 1965 Tom Waddell
UOS
Phlox carolina
UCHT024261 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox carolina
APSC0045324 Bledsoe Tennessee
APSC
Phlox carolina
APSC0063675 Powell Kentucky 12 Jun 1969 Paul Higgins
APSC
Phlox carolina
UOS04909 Grundy Tennessee 16 May 1965 Buck Wood
UOS
Phlox carolina
MEM010926 Edmonson Kentucky 07 Jul 1973 Jack Thompson
1104
MEM
Phlox carolina
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Phlox carolina - Joey Shaw
Phlox carolina - Joey Shaw
Phlox carolina - Joey Shaw
Phlox carolina - Joey Shaw
Phlox carolina - Joey Shaw
Phlox carolina - Joey Shaw
Phlox carolina - Joey Shaw
Phlox carolina - Joey Shaw