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Wild Blue Phlox

Phlox divaricata

Photo by QWMom
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Field Notes

Description:

It is a semi-evergreen perennial growing 25–50 cm (10–20 in) tall with opposite, unstalked, hairy leaves 2.5-5 cm in length and ovate-lanceolate in shape. Flowers appear in early summer and are 2-4 cm in diameter, with five petals fused at the base into a thin tube.

Habitat:

Native to forests and fields in eastern North America

Notes:

Spotted growing along the trail at the Allatoona Battlefield Pass.

Reference Links:

Wild Blue Phlox - Phlox divaricata - Overview, Phlox divaricata, Phlox divaricata

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Comments (5)
QWMom
Thanks gatorfellows - ProjectNoah sometimes likes to pick missions for me. It won't let me remove it either. (If you look, it's showing up in 6 missions, too.) Clearly this is not a turttle. Grr. Hopefully a helpful Project Noah Ranger will see this and fix it.
QWMom
There is a Plumbago plant with very similar flowers - especially because of the color! Plumbago has rounder leaves. http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/a542/plumbago-auriculata.aspx
gatorfellows
QWMom you might want to check the missions you assigned for this spotting - one is for turtles. I have checked a wrong mission by accident in the past :)
gatorfellows
Just for fun, the difference between Plumbago and Phlox is the Order: Plumbago is the Caryophyllales order of flowering plants that includes the cacti, carnations, amaranths, ice plants, and many carnivorous plants. Phlox is the Ericales are a large and diverse order, including for example tea, persimmon, blueberry, Brazil nut, and azalea. Flowers are so amazing :)
alicelongmartin
I think in Florida we call it Plumbago, but I won't dispute the name.

Spotted for Missions

Plants of the South East, USA
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Flowers of North America
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Wildlife of Georgia
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Turtles of the Southeast U.S.
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Biodiversity of SouthEastern US

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PublishedApril 16, 2013

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