Wideflower Phlox
(Phlox latifolia)
Description
Mountain phlox is-native-to the Appalachian states (where it is listed as-rare-in several states) and introduced to New England, where it is known only from western Massachusetts. This unusual-perennial-phlox is low and creeping, with wide, pink flowers that-bloom-in April and May.
Taxonomic tree:
Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Ericales
Family:Polemoniaceae
Genus:Phlox
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