Phlox caespitosa Nutt.
tufted phlox
Polemoniaceae (Phlox family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
tufted phlox
Polemoniaceae (Phlox family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Tufted perennial herb or subshrub from a taproot; stems numerous, slender, ascending or loosely erect, hairy or glandular or glandular-hairy, 5-15 cm tall.
Leaves:
Opposite, firm, linear, 5-13 mm long, 0.5 mm wide, rigidly sharp-pointed at the tip, often inconspicuously fringed with short hairs towards the base.
Flowers:
Inflorescence usually of single, short-stalked or stalkless flowers at the ends of the branches; corollas white to pink, pale blue or mauve, the tube 8-14 mm long, spreading to five wide lobes 7-10 mm long; calyces usually glandular, the 5 teeth narrow, thickened.
Fruits:
Capsules, ellipsoid, 3-chambered, few-seeded. vol4_2
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Phlox caespitosa
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
934 | 615 | 2470 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
22 | 0 | 65 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
209 | 23 | 340 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 0 | 4 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
63 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
PP | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
ESSF(2), IDF(21), IMA(1), MS(1), PP(38) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Dry slopes and forest openings in the steppe and montane zones; locally frequent in SE BC; S to N MT, N ID and N OR.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Phlox caespitosa subsp. eucaespitosa Brand
Phlox douglasii Hook.
Phlox douglasii subsp. eudouglasii Brand