Phlox ovata L.
Common Name: ALLEGHENY PHLOX
Synonym: Phlox latifolia
Coefficient of Conservatism: 8
Coefficient of Wetness: 5
Wetness Index: UPL
Physiognomy: Nt P-Forb
Status: E
Phlox ovata R. W. Smith

Dry, open forests; barely entering Michigan and first collected in the state by R. W. Smith in Lenawee Co. in 1998.

See Locklear (2011) for the convoluted nomenclatural history of this species, which has sometimes been called Phlox latifolia Michx.


Locations

Lenawee County

Citation:

MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. October 27, 2020. https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=2256.