Phlox bifida

ClassificationDicots
FamilyPolemoniaceae
Family (Traditional)Polemoniaceae
GenusPhlox
Species:Phlox bifida L. C. Beck
Common NameCleft Phlox
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: 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
StatusNative; TN[SNR] KY[S2] (State Rank); G5? (Global Rank)
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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

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: APSC, EKY, HTTU, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UTM, 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
31234100559606 Rutherford Tennessee 28 Apr 1975 Ronald L. Jones
335		 EKY
Phlox bifida
TENN-V-0180192 Wilson Tennessee 09 Apr 1966 Ken E. Rogers
44561		 TENN
Phlox bifida
TENN-V-0180193 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Phlox bifida
TENN-V-0180174 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Phlox bifida
APSC0094673 Hart Kentucky
APSC
Phlox bifida
APSC0118982 Wilson Tennessee
APSC
Phlox bifida
MTSU016954 Rutherford Tennessee 27 Apr 1995 Dawn Cayll
35		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
MTSU016968 Rutherford Tennessee 27 Apr 1970 David Bryan
32		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
MTSU016960 Davidson Tennessee 29 Mar 1989 G. Todd Crabtree
25		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
MTSU016932 Rutherford Tennessee 10 Apr 2003 Lindsay Battle
42		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
BRIT136153 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
BRIT136148 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
BRIT136165 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
BRIT136149 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
BRIT136142 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
APSC0079651 Jessamine Kentucky
APSC
Phlox bifida
APSC0051922 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Phlox bifida
APSC0051925 Jessamine Kentucky 01 May 1979 MacGregor
 APSC
Phlox bifida
HTTU033382 Rutherford Tennessee
HTTU
Phlox bifida
MTSU016956 Wilson Tennessee 11 Apr 1993 Melissa Beckwith
26		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
MTSU016951 Rutherford Tennessee 04 Apr 1999 Eric Fann
20		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
MTSU016964 Davidson Tennessee 08 May 1971 T. Hemmerly
 MTSU
Phlox bifida
MTSU016966 Rutherford Tennessee 08 Apr 1970 Don Owens
10		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
MTSU016961 Rutherford Tennessee 19 Apr 1987 Landon E. McKinney
2393		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
MTSU016969 Rutherford Tennessee 18 Apr 1987 Sarah Castellanos
25		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
UCHT036608 Rutherford Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox bifida
BRIT136158 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
BRIT136164 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
BRIT136155 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
BRIT136145 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
TENN-V-0180176 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Phlox bifida
APSC0051258 Rutherford Tennessee 17 Apr 1989 R. Kral
 APSC
Phlox bifida
APSC0008006 Rutherford Tennessee 01 Apr 2003 Richard Delbridge
 APSC
Phlox bifida
MTSU016953 Rutherford Tennessee 22 Mar 2003 Richard Delbridge
38		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
UCHT036814 Rutherford Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox bifida
MTSU016928 Rutherford Tennessee 07 Apr 2007 Melissa Shelby
22		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
MTSU016955 Rutherford Tennessee 26 Apr 1986 Elvis Brandon
34		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
MTSU016957 Wilson Tennessee 19 Apr 1993 Denise Wilson
33		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
31234100559622 Garrard Kentucky 12 May 1956 Mary Wharton
9879		 EKY
Phlox bifida
31234100571155 Monroe Kentucky 05 Apr 1998 Timothy J. Weckman
3991		 EKY
Phlox bifida
TENN-V-0180775 Calloway Kentucky
TENN
Phlox bifida
APSC0063368 Wilson Tennessee
APSC
Phlox bifida
APSC0040373 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Phlox bifida
MTSU016962 Davidson Tennessee 20 Mar 1990 Christie Davenport
12		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
MTSU016958 Wilson Tennessee 19 Apr 1993 Tonya Taylor
56		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
UCHT036607 Wilson Tennessee
UCHT
Phlox bifida
UTM01351 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Phlox bifida
BRIT136156 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
BRIT136151 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
BRIT136161 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
BRIT136160 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
BRIT136150 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
BRIT136144 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
31234100559598 Rutherford Tennessee 28 Apr 1975 R. L. Jones
335		 EKY
Phlox bifida
TENN-V-0180175 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Phlox bifida
APSC0008008 Wilson Tennessee
APSC
Phlox bifida
APSC0080389 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Phlox bifida
APSC0062751 Rutherford Tennessee 29 Apr 1990 Landon McKinney
 APSC
Phlox bifida
MTSU016959 Rutherford Tennessee 16 Apr 1993 Scott Joslin
97		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
MTSU016963 Rutherford Tennessee 08 Apr 1991 Steve Huffman
33		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
MTSU016967 Rutherford Tennessee 08 Apr 2002 Janelle Marie Mehall
19		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
MTSU016950 Rutherford Tennessee 08 Apr 2002 Leigh Wells
4		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
BRIT136141 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
BRIT136157 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
MTSU016933 Rutherford Tennessee 12 Apr 2002 Dwayne Coleman
46		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
31234100559614 Davidson Tennessee 09 Apr 1990 Ronald L. Jones
 EKY
Phlox bifida
31234100754546 Laurel Kentucky 23 Apr 1994 Kim Kipp
9		 EKY
Phlox bifida
TENN-V-0180177 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Phlox bifida
APSC0051927 Jessamine Kentucky 01 May 1975 MacGregor
 APSC
Phlox bifida
MTSU016952 Bedford Tennessee 30 Mar 1997 Travis Emore
15		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
MTSU016948 Wilson Tennessee 11 Apr 1999 Kristin Carter
34		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
MTSU016949 Davidson Tennessee 07 Apr 2002 Jennifer Thompson
11		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
BRIT136154 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
BRIT136162 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
BRIT136146 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
BRIT136147 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
BRIT136143 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
APSC0048900 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Phlox bifida
APSC0088502 Jessamine Kentucky
APSC
Phlox bifida
MTSU016965 Rutherford Tennessee 24 Apr 1984 Ginger Johnson
64		 MTSU
Phlox bifida
BRIT136159 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
BRIT136152 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
BRIT136163 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
BRIT136166 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
BRIT136140 Tennessee
VDB
Phlox bifida
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