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Wild Blue Phlox

divaricata woodland

Photo by SarahWhitt
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Description:

a/k/a Woodland Phlox & Wild Sweet William.
Wild phlox grows 25-50 cm tall with opposite, unstalked leaves 2.5-5 cm in length and ovate-lanceolate in shape.
A herbaceous perennial valued for its lavender-blue flowers, native to forests and fields in eastern North America.
Flowers appear in early spring and are 2-4 cm in diameter, with five petals fused at the base into a thin tube.

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PublishedApril 16, 2011

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