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Phlox tenuifolia (Santa Catalina Mountain phlox; Santa Catalina phlox)

Synonyms: Phlox gilioides; Phlox longifolia var. tenuifolia

Wikipedia Abstract

Phlox tenuifolia (Santa Catalina Mountain phlox) is a white flowered plant in the phlox family (Polemoniaceae) that can be found with stems climbing through shrubs and other vegetation growing on rocky slopes of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona. Botanist Richard Spellenberg has described its floral displays over supporting vegetation as "spectacular".
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Shrub

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0