Phlox drummondii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Polemoniaceae |
| Genus: | Phlox |
| Species: | P. drummondii
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Phlox drummondii (commonly annual phlox or Drummond's phlox)Native to Texas, it is also widely distributed in the southeastern United States, especially along public highways. P. drummondii is often used as an ornamental plant.[2] The flowers have a wide range of colours "from white and cream through pinks, lilacs, roses, purples and reds, to almost black".[3]
Phlox drummondii is named after Scottish botanist Thomas Drummond, who sent it and a variety of other plant samples back to Britain following his 1833–1835 expedition to Texas.[4]
Description
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References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phlox drummondii.
Wikispecies has information related to Phlox drummondii.
- ^ P. drummondii at USDA Plants Profile
- ^ Phlox drummondii at Floridata
- ^ Kelly, James P. 1920. A genetical study of flower form and flower color in Phlox drummondii. Genetics 5(2): 189-248 and 5(3): 361.
- ^ "Phlox drummondii (Annual phlox)". wildflower.org.
- ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ISBN 978-1-930604-47-6. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- ^ "Phlox drummondii - Plant Finder". www.missouribotanicalgarden.org. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
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