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Phlox glaberrima L.
Smooth Phlox
Synonym(s): Phlox carolina
Florida native
In Florida smooth phlox is an occasional wildflower of bluffs and floodplain forests in the panhandle west of the Ochlockonee River. The range extends throughout wet to moist prairies and forests of the southeastern states, west into Oklahoma and north into Wisconsin.
This rhizomatous perennial grows in erect clumps of glabrous stems up to 61cm (2 ft.) tall. The rose-pink to reddish-purple blooms appear in the spring and summer in large terminal clusters. The corolla is a long tube that flares out into five lobes about 2.5cm (1 in.) across. The longest stamens are even with or protrude from the throat of the corolla. The leaves are lanceolate, 10cm (4 in.) long, dark green with fine-toothed margins.
Phlox glaberrima is a member of the Polemoniaceae - Phlox family.
Other species of the Phlox genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
Phlox divaricata - WILD BLUE PHLOX
Phlox drummondii - ANNUAL PHLOX
Phlox pilosa - DOWNY PHLOX
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
iNaturalist profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Oct 29, 2023
