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Dummer. ゛☀
2017年08月02日
Family - Plantaginaceae
Stems - Acaulescent to short-stemmed (in old plants). Flowering stems to +/-40cm tall, herbaceous, erect to ascending, multiple from base, from a taproot.
Leaves - Basal, linear, arachnoid pubescent to lanate abaxially, glabrous and deep green above, tapering at base ends, to +15cm long, -1cm broad, slightly scabrous, entire, acute.
Inflorescence - Scapose spikes. Spikes to +12cm long, 7-8mm in diameter. Scape to +16cm long, antrorse strigose (the hairs pustulate at the base and giving the scape a scabrous feel). Each flower subtended by an aristate bract. Bracts to +/-3cm long, 2mm broad, densely arachnoid pubescent at base.
Flowers - Corolla scarious, 4-lobed, 3-4mm broad. Lower lobe deflexed, lateral lobes reflexed. Lobes ferruginous at base. Stamens 4, alternating with the corolla lobes, exserted. Anthers yellow, sagittate, .2-.3mm long. Style exserted, 1.5mm long. Ovary glabrous, shiny green, 3mm long, 2mm in diameter, ovoid, with transverse groove. Placentation axile. Seeds 2. Sepals 4. Front two sepals green, densely pilose, with minutely scarious margins (less than .2mm broad), minutely glandular pubescent internally, oblong, round at apex, to 3mm long, 1.3mm broad. Rear two sepals mostly scarious but with a green midrib, scarious portion to 1mm broad.
Flowering - May - November.
Habitat - Pastures, glades, waste ground, roadsides, railroads.
Origin - Native to U.S.
Other info. - This species can be found throughout Missouri. The plant is easy to ID in the field because of the large aristate bracts which it has on the inflorescence. The plant can be variable in size and pubescence.
Stems - Acaulescent to short-stemmed (in old plants). Flowering stems to +/-40cm tall, herbaceous, erect to ascending, multiple from base, from a taproot.
Leaves - Basal, linear, arachnoid pubescent to lanate abaxially, glabrous and deep green above, tapering at base ends, to +15cm long, -1cm broad, slightly scabrous, entire, acute.
Inflorescence - Scapose spikes. Spikes to +12cm long, 7-8mm in diameter. Scape to +16cm long, antrorse strigose (the hairs pustulate at the base and giving the scape a scabrous feel). Each flower subtended by an aristate bract. Bracts to +/-3cm long, 2mm broad, densely arachnoid pubescent at base.
Flowers - Corolla scarious, 4-lobed, 3-4mm broad. Lower lobe deflexed, lateral lobes reflexed. Lobes ferruginous at base. Stamens 4, alternating with the corolla lobes, exserted. Anthers yellow, sagittate, .2-.3mm long. Style exserted, 1.5mm long. Ovary glabrous, shiny green, 3mm long, 2mm in diameter, ovoid, with transverse groove. Placentation axile. Seeds 2. Sepals 4. Front two sepals green, densely pilose, with minutely scarious margins (less than .2mm broad), minutely glandular pubescent internally, oblong, round at apex, to 3mm long, 1.3mm broad. Rear two sepals mostly scarious but with a green midrib, scarious portion to 1mm broad.
Flowering - May - November.
Habitat - Pastures, glades, waste ground, roadsides, railroads.
Origin - Native to U.S.
Other info. - This species can be found throughout Missouri. The plant is easy to ID in the field because of the large aristate bracts which it has on the inflorescence. The plant can be variable in size and pubescence.
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Dummer. ゛☀
2017年08月02日
Family - Agavaceae
Stems - Plants acaulescent. Leaves and flowering stems from a bulbous herbaceous caudex.
Leaves - In a basal rosette, sessile, succulent, glabrous, glaucous, with denticulate margins, typically folded lengthwise, acuminate, to +/-20cm long, +/-5cm broad, often with purplish spots near base. Leaves of flowering scape reduced to bracts.
Inflorescence - Scapose spike to +2m tall. Axis of inflorescence slightly "zig-zag" in flowering portion. Each flower subtended by a single bract. Bracts to -1cm long, scarious, subulate.
Flowers - Tepals 6, united into a 6-lobed tube. Tube glabrous, green, to +3cm long. Lobes acuminate, to 6mm long. Stamens 6, adnate near base of corolla tube, exserted. Filaments to +3.5cm long, green at apex, brown and white basally, clavate, glabrous. Anthers to +1.5cm long, yellow to brownish. Style glabrous, exserted, equaling or shorter than the stamens. Stigma 3-lobed, 3mm broad. Ovary inferior, 3-locular. Placentation axial. Ovules many.
Flowering - June - August.
Habitat - Glades, open rocky woods with alkaline soils.
Origin - Native to U.S.
Other info. - This species can be found in the lower 1/3 of Missouri and is common throughout the Ozarks. The flowers of this species are not very showy but the plant is interesting and worthy of cultivation. This is one of the few true succulent plants found in the state.
A synonym is Agave virginica L.
Stems - Plants acaulescent. Leaves and flowering stems from a bulbous herbaceous caudex.
Leaves - In a basal rosette, sessile, succulent, glabrous, glaucous, with denticulate margins, typically folded lengthwise, acuminate, to +/-20cm long, +/-5cm broad, often with purplish spots near base. Leaves of flowering scape reduced to bracts.
Inflorescence - Scapose spike to +2m tall. Axis of inflorescence slightly "zig-zag" in flowering portion. Each flower subtended by a single bract. Bracts to -1cm long, scarious, subulate.
Flowers - Tepals 6, united into a 6-lobed tube. Tube glabrous, green, to +3cm long. Lobes acuminate, to 6mm long. Stamens 6, adnate near base of corolla tube, exserted. Filaments to +3.5cm long, green at apex, brown and white basally, clavate, glabrous. Anthers to +1.5cm long, yellow to brownish. Style glabrous, exserted, equaling or shorter than the stamens. Stigma 3-lobed, 3mm broad. Ovary inferior, 3-locular. Placentation axial. Ovules many.
Flowering - June - August.
Habitat - Glades, open rocky woods with alkaline soils.
Origin - Native to U.S.
Other info. - This species can be found in the lower 1/3 of Missouri and is common throughout the Ozarks. The flowers of this species are not very showy but the plant is interesting and worthy of cultivation. This is one of the few true succulent plants found in the state.
A synonym is Agave virginica L.
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meriunkat
2017年08月01日
Pictures of the mess i have in my room right now, currently shielding the smaller plants from the harsh sun.
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meriunkat：@Ueca well no wonder it died so quickly lols
Ueca：The moss prefers water from the sky
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Dummer. ゛☀
2017年07月31日
Family - Liliaceae
Stems - Plants acaulescent, from a scaly bulb.
Leaves - Basal, petiolate, typically two per fertile plant, (one leaf on sterile plants). Blades glabrous, entire, fleshy to subsucculent, acute to acuminate, mottled with silver above, green below, linear-elliptic to ovate-elliptic, to +20cm long, +5cm broad.
Inflorescence - Single flower terminating peduncle (scape), typically only one per plant. Flower nodding. Peduncle glabrous, to +15cm tall.
Flowers - Tepals 6, yellow to brownish, glabrous, entire, 4.5-5cm long, 7-8mm broad, recurved in flower, glabrous. Stamens 6, adnate to base of tepals. Filaments to 1.7cm long, 1.5mm broad, yellow, glabrous. Anthers 1.3cm long, purple. Ovary 1.3cm long, 3-angled, 3-locular, green, glabrous, superior. Placentation axile. Style 6mm long, expanded at apex. Stigma hollow at apex, lobed, yellow.
Flowering - March - May.
Habitat - Low rich woods, along streams, wooded slopes.
Origin - Native to U.S.
Other info. - This striking species is found mainly in the lower 1/3 of Missouri. The yellow flowers are easy to spot against the leaf litter of the woods. This species can be found in colonies of sterile, one-leaved plants along with a few fertile, two-leaved plants.
Traditionally the bulbs and leaves of this species were eaten, either raw or cooked. The plant was also used medicinally to heal ulcers and as a contraceptive. The plant is believed to be mildly emetic and antibiotic.
Stems - Plants acaulescent, from a scaly bulb.
Leaves - Basal, petiolate, typically two per fertile plant, (one leaf on sterile plants). Blades glabrous, entire, fleshy to subsucculent, acute to acuminate, mottled with silver above, green below, linear-elliptic to ovate-elliptic, to +20cm long, +5cm broad.
Inflorescence - Single flower terminating peduncle (scape), typically only one per plant. Flower nodding. Peduncle glabrous, to +15cm tall.
Flowers - Tepals 6, yellow to brownish, glabrous, entire, 4.5-5cm long, 7-8mm broad, recurved in flower, glabrous. Stamens 6, adnate to base of tepals. Filaments to 1.7cm long, 1.5mm broad, yellow, glabrous. Anthers 1.3cm long, purple. Ovary 1.3cm long, 3-angled, 3-locular, green, glabrous, superior. Placentation axile. Style 6mm long, expanded at apex. Stigma hollow at apex, lobed, yellow.
Flowering - March - May.
Habitat - Low rich woods, along streams, wooded slopes.
Origin - Native to U.S.
Other info. - This striking species is found mainly in the lower 1/3 of Missouri. The yellow flowers are easy to spot against the leaf litter of the woods. This species can be found in colonies of sterile, one-leaved plants along with a few fertile, two-leaved plants.
Traditionally the bulbs and leaves of this species were eaten, either raw or cooked. The plant was also used medicinally to heal ulcers and as a contraceptive. The plant is believed to be mildly emetic and antibiotic.
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Dummer. ゛☀
2017年07月31日
Family - Thymelaeaceae
Stems - Woody shrub to 2m tall, freely branching. Twigs jointed, glabrous, expanding at nodes and buds, flexible. Each node typically with a small spur. Plants rarely found with stems over 6cm in diameter.
Leaves - Alternate, short-petiolate, deciduous. Petioles to +2mm long, pubescent, concealing next season buds. Blades to +8cm long, +6cm broad, elliptic to obovate, entire, lanose at anthesis, becoming glabrous with age.
Inflorescence - Typically 2-3 in a terminal cluster, appearing with the new leaves. Pedicels to 3mm long, glabrous.
Flowers - Floral tube 9-10mm long, greenish-yellow, glabrous. Stamens 8, exserted, adnate in the upper half of the corolla tube. Filaments to 3mm long, glabrous, brownish. Anthers orange, .6mm long. Ovary superior, green, ovoid, glabrous, 2.1mm long, 1.2mm i diameter, with a single ovule. Style glabrous, well exserted, 1cm long, white. Stigma small, purplish. Drupes green to purple, to 8mm long.
Flowering - March - April.
Habitat - Low wet woods, streambanks, rich wooded slopes.
Origin - Native to U.S.
Other info. - Dirca palustris can be found mainly in the Ozark region of Missouri but is also found in a few northern counties. This species is extremely slow growing and Steyermark states that a plant with a trunk 5cm in diameter may be over 100 years old.
The plant has been cultivated for many years and was used extensively by natives in the U.S.
D. palustris is an emetic and can be toxic if used in large quantities. Some people are allergic to the bark. The fruit is believed to be a narcotic.
"palustris" means "growing in a swamp" and the plant does grow in moist to wet soil.
Stems - Woody shrub to 2m tall, freely branching. Twigs jointed, glabrous, expanding at nodes and buds, flexible. Each node typically with a small spur. Plants rarely found with stems over 6cm in diameter.
Leaves - Alternate, short-petiolate, deciduous. Petioles to +2mm long, pubescent, concealing next season buds. Blades to +8cm long, +6cm broad, elliptic to obovate, entire, lanose at anthesis, becoming glabrous with age.
Inflorescence - Typically 2-3 in a terminal cluster, appearing with the new leaves. Pedicels to 3mm long, glabrous.
Flowers - Floral tube 9-10mm long, greenish-yellow, glabrous. Stamens 8, exserted, adnate in the upper half of the corolla tube. Filaments to 3mm long, glabrous, brownish. Anthers orange, .6mm long. Ovary superior, green, ovoid, glabrous, 2.1mm long, 1.2mm i diameter, with a single ovule. Style glabrous, well exserted, 1cm long, white. Stigma small, purplish. Drupes green to purple, to 8mm long.
Flowering - March - April.
Habitat - Low wet woods, streambanks, rich wooded slopes.
Origin - Native to U.S.
Other info. - Dirca palustris can be found mainly in the Ozark region of Missouri but is also found in a few northern counties. This species is extremely slow growing and Steyermark states that a plant with a trunk 5cm in diameter may be over 100 years old.
The plant has been cultivated for many years and was used extensively by natives in the U.S.
D. palustris is an emetic and can be toxic if used in large quantities. Some people are allergic to the bark. The fruit is believed to be a narcotic.
"palustris" means "growing in a swamp" and the plant does grow in moist to wet soil.
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stureburk
2017年07月29日
Picked a couple of leaves that have started sprouting from the floor of my other plants pot. Easiest propagation ever.
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Dummer. ゛☀
2017年07月29日
Family - Violaceae
Stems - Plants acaulescent. Caudex thick, elongated, horizontal, woody, with fleshy roots.
Leaves - Basal. Earliest leaves cordate, acute. Later leaves lobed, sagittate, typically with 5-7 lobes. Petioles to +7cm long, pubescent. Leaf tissue decurrent on petiole for much of it's length but very thin. Blades glabrous above, ciliate below, (especially near base), shallowly serrate to crenate-serrate, +3cm broad and long. Margins typically ciliate.
Inflorescence - Single long-pedunculate flower arising from caudex. Peduncles glabrous, to +12cm long, exceeding the leaves, curved at apex.
Flowers - Petals 5, violet (rarely white) and with some white at base, with deep purple venation, rounded at apex, -2cm long, 7-8mm broad, generally obovate to oblanceolate. Lateral petals heavily bearded. Upper petals also slightly bearded. All petals glabrous externally. Lowest petal saccate at base, (the sac protruding beyond the sepals). Stamens 5, converging around the pistil, to +4mm long. Lower 2 stamens with appendages. Appendages to 3mm long, green. Anther connective orange, expanding beyond the anther, to 1.5mm long. Anthers pale yellow. Ovary superior, green, glabrous, 3mm long, unilocular, somewhat conic. Ovules many. Style 2mm long, greenish white, glabrous, expanded at apex. Stigma truncate, deltoid. Sepals 5, green with scarious margins, lanceolate, acute, to 8mm long, 3mm broad, glabrous, entire but ciliolate. Lowest two sepals with small auricles. Auricles to 1mm long, ciliolate-margined.
Flowering - April - May.
Habitat - Dry rocky open woods, thickets, bluffs.
Origin - Native to U.S.
Other info. - V. triloba is just one of the many small purple-flowered violets you are sure to encounter in the Missouri woods. When young, this plant is difficult to tell apart from other violets, such as V. sororia, but as the plant mature its leaves will become lobed. V. triloba is found mostly in the lower half of the state and prefers acidic soils.
Stems - Plants acaulescent. Caudex thick, elongated, horizontal, woody, with fleshy roots.
Leaves - Basal. Earliest leaves cordate, acute. Later leaves lobed, sagittate, typically with 5-7 lobes. Petioles to +7cm long, pubescent. Leaf tissue decurrent on petiole for much of it's length but very thin. Blades glabrous above, ciliate below, (especially near base), shallowly serrate to crenate-serrate, +3cm broad and long. Margins typically ciliate.
Inflorescence - Single long-pedunculate flower arising from caudex. Peduncles glabrous, to +12cm long, exceeding the leaves, curved at apex.
Flowers - Petals 5, violet (rarely white) and with some white at base, with deep purple venation, rounded at apex, -2cm long, 7-8mm broad, generally obovate to oblanceolate. Lateral petals heavily bearded. Upper petals also slightly bearded. All petals glabrous externally. Lowest petal saccate at base, (the sac protruding beyond the sepals). Stamens 5, converging around the pistil, to +4mm long. Lower 2 stamens with appendages. Appendages to 3mm long, green. Anther connective orange, expanding beyond the anther, to 1.5mm long. Anthers pale yellow. Ovary superior, green, glabrous, 3mm long, unilocular, somewhat conic. Ovules many. Style 2mm long, greenish white, glabrous, expanded at apex. Stigma truncate, deltoid. Sepals 5, green with scarious margins, lanceolate, acute, to 8mm long, 3mm broad, glabrous, entire but ciliolate. Lowest two sepals with small auricles. Auricles to 1mm long, ciliolate-margined.
Flowering - April - May.
Habitat - Dry rocky open woods, thickets, bluffs.
Origin - Native to U.S.
Other info. - V. triloba is just one of the many small purple-flowered violets you are sure to encounter in the Missouri woods. When young, this plant is difficult to tell apart from other violets, such as V. sororia, but as the plant mature its leaves will become lobed. V. triloba is found mostly in the lower half of the state and prefers acidic soils.
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Dummer. ゛☀
2017年07月29日
Family - Violaceae
Stems - Plants acaulescent, from a knotty rhizome. Rhizomes stout and thick with slightly thickened roots.
Leaves - Leaves all basal and petiolate. Petioles glabrous, +/-12cm long, with an adaxial groove caused by a thin margin of decurent leaf tissue. Stipules linear-attenuate, whtish, glabrous, to +/-2cm long, to 2mm broad at the base. Blades cordate at the base (some merely rounded). Mature leaves triangular-cordate, longer than broad, tapering to an acute apex, crenate-serrate, glabrous, dull-dark green above, light green below, to +5cm long, +3cm broad.
Inflorescence - Multiple pedunculate flowers arising from the base of the plant. Flowers typically equal to or exceeding the leaves. Peduncles glabrous, to +12cm long, with a pair of opposing or alternate bracts about 1/2 way up the peduncle. Bracts glabrous, minute, lanceolate, +/-3mm long, 1mm broad. Peduncle nodding at the apex.
Flowers - Petals 5, lilac, white at the base, with darker purple veins. Lateral petals bearded (the hairs 2mm long). Petals otherwise glabrous, rounded, -2cm long, +/-1cm broad, lower petal with a saccate base (the spur to 3mm long). Stamens 5, erect, connivent around the ovary. Filaments 2.5mm long, 1.5mm broad, whitish, with an orangish expanded anther connective to 2mm long, 2mm broad, glabrous. Anthers connected vertically to the filament, opening longitudinally, whitish. Bottom two anthers with a reniform nectary which fills the spur of the flower. Gland green, -3mm long, 1.5mm broad. Ovary green, 3mm long, 2mm in diameter, cylindric-ovoid, glabrous, unilocular, with many ovules. Stigma greenish, 1mm broad, truncate.
Flowering - March - May.
Habitat - Low rich alluvial soils or woodlands, ravine bottoms, low thickets, along or near streams.
Origin - Native to U.S.
Other info. - This Violet can be found throughout Missouri. The plant can be identified by its triangular-cordate leaves, lack of stems, and lilac flowers. The flowers are lighter in color than the more common Viola papilionacea Pursh and Viola sororia Willd.
Stems - Plants acaulescent, from a knotty rhizome. Rhizomes stout and thick with slightly thickened roots.
Leaves - Leaves all basal and petiolate. Petioles glabrous, +/-12cm long, with an adaxial groove caused by a thin margin of decurent leaf tissue. Stipules linear-attenuate, whtish, glabrous, to +/-2cm long, to 2mm broad at the base. Blades cordate at the base (some merely rounded). Mature leaves triangular-cordate, longer than broad, tapering to an acute apex, crenate-serrate, glabrous, dull-dark green above, light green below, to +5cm long, +3cm broad.
Inflorescence - Multiple pedunculate flowers arising from the base of the plant. Flowers typically equal to or exceeding the leaves. Peduncles glabrous, to +12cm long, with a pair of opposing or alternate bracts about 1/2 way up the peduncle. Bracts glabrous, minute, lanceolate, +/-3mm long, 1mm broad. Peduncle nodding at the apex.
Flowers - Petals 5, lilac, white at the base, with darker purple veins. Lateral petals bearded (the hairs 2mm long). Petals otherwise glabrous, rounded, -2cm long, +/-1cm broad, lower petal with a saccate base (the spur to 3mm long). Stamens 5, erect, connivent around the ovary. Filaments 2.5mm long, 1.5mm broad, whitish, with an orangish expanded anther connective to 2mm long, 2mm broad, glabrous. Anthers connected vertically to the filament, opening longitudinally, whitish. Bottom two anthers with a reniform nectary which fills the spur of the flower. Gland green, -3mm long, 1.5mm broad. Ovary green, 3mm long, 2mm in diameter, cylindric-ovoid, glabrous, unilocular, with many ovules. Stigma greenish, 1mm broad, truncate.
Flowering - March - May.
Habitat - Low rich alluvial soils or woodlands, ravine bottoms, low thickets, along or near streams.
Origin - Native to U.S.
Other info. - This Violet can be found throughout Missouri. The plant can be identified by its triangular-cordate leaves, lack of stems, and lilac flowers. The flowers are lighter in color than the more common Viola papilionacea Pursh and Viola sororia Willd.
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Pola
2017年07月27日
July 21, 2017
today i take on the huge responsibility of caring for this sedum rubrotinctum. i am not much for plants but i felt some sort of connection brought about by this little pookie and i am greatful as it continues to shed positive vibes around my home thanks to my girlfriend.
#succulent
today i take on the huge responsibility of caring for this sedum rubrotinctum. i am not much for plants but i felt some sort of connection brought about by this little pookie and i am greatful as it continues to shed positive vibes around my home thanks to my girlfriend.
#succulent
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Nyes：That's so cute 😊
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Dummer. ゛☀
2017年07月27日
Family - Polemoniaceae
Stems - Vegetative stems decumbent. Flowering stems erect to ascending, to 40cm tall. Both types typically densely pubescent to glabrous. Plants rhizomatous.
Leaves - Of fertile shoots - opposite, sessile, lanceolate, decussate, spaced +/-5cm apart, to 5cm long, 2cm wide, variously pubescent, entire. Of sterile shoots - elliptic to narrowly oblong.
Inflorescence - A fairly compact cyme, sometimes paniculate.
Flowers - Corolla lavender to purple, with tube to 2cm long, glabrous. Corolla lobes 5, spreading, spatulate to obovate, to 2cm long, 1cm wide. Stamens 5, unequal in corolla tube. Calyx tube to 3mm long, densely pubescent to glabrous. Calyx lobes 5, to +3mm long.
Flowering - April - June.
Habitat - Open woods, slopes, moist ground.
Origin - Native to U.S.
Other info. - This is the most common species of Phlox found in the state. It is one of the earliest blooming plants in spring also. The corolla is typically light blue-purple but can vary in color from rose to white. A white flowered form can be seen in the "White Flowers Opposite Page" of this website.
In the glossary you will find the word "divaricate" which means "widely spreading", thus the species name of this plant because of its spreading nature.
Most descriptions of the plant give the stems as glabrous but every plant I have found has been from sparsely pubescent to hirsute.
Stems - Vegetative stems decumbent. Flowering stems erect to ascending, to 40cm tall. Both types typically densely pubescent to glabrous. Plants rhizomatous.
Leaves - Of fertile shoots - opposite, sessile, lanceolate, decussate, spaced +/-5cm apart, to 5cm long, 2cm wide, variously pubescent, entire. Of sterile shoots - elliptic to narrowly oblong.
Inflorescence - A fairly compact cyme, sometimes paniculate.
Flowers - Corolla lavender to purple, with tube to 2cm long, glabrous. Corolla lobes 5, spreading, spatulate to obovate, to 2cm long, 1cm wide. Stamens 5, unequal in corolla tube. Calyx tube to 3mm long, densely pubescent to glabrous. Calyx lobes 5, to +3mm long.
Flowering - April - June.
Habitat - Open woods, slopes, moist ground.
Origin - Native to U.S.
Other info. - This is the most common species of Phlox found in the state. It is one of the earliest blooming plants in spring also. The corolla is typically light blue-purple but can vary in color from rose to white. A white flowered form can be seen in the "White Flowers Opposite Page" of this website.
In the glossary you will find the word "divaricate" which means "widely spreading", thus the species name of this plant because of its spreading nature.
Most descriptions of the plant give the stems as glabrous but every plant I have found has been from sparsely pubescent to hirsute.
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