Phlox carolina
A species in the Polemoniaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Phlox
- Species
- Phlox carolina
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1762
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Phlox carolina. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
19 synonyms in this snapshot
- Phlox caldrianaCourt. ex Steud.
- Phlox carolina subsp. altaWherry
- Phlox carolina subsp. angustaWherry
- Phlox carolina subsp. heterophyllaWherry
- Phlox carolina subsp. turritellaWherry
- Phlox carolina subsp. typicaWherry
- Phlox carolina var. angusta(Wherry) D.B.Ward
- Phlox carolina var. heterophyllaWherry
- Phlox carolina var. nitida(Pursh) Benth.
- Phlox carolina var. puberulaBenth.
- Phlox carolinianaHill
- Phlox coldryanaPaxton
- Phlox glaberrima subvar. angustissimaBrand
- Phlox heterophyllaP.Beauv. ex Brand
- Phlox listonianaSweet
- Phlox nitidaPursh
- Phlox ovata f. carolina(L.) Voss
- Phlox shepherdiiPenny ex Sweet
- Phlox suffruticosaVent.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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