Phlox subulata
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Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Phlox subulata |
| Common name: | moss phlox |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Polemoniaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | to 6", and 20" wide, growing in a prostrate mat |
| Foliage: | linear or awl shaped (i.e. linear with slightly swollen base); leaves opposite |
| Flower: | pink; sold as an ornamental in other shades such as red, lavendar, blue-purple or white each petal notched at apex, five petaled |
| Flowering time: | mid April to late May, often again in autumn |
| Habitat: | rocky and sandy exposed banks |
| Range in New Jersey: | throughout north Jersey, the Inner Coastal Plain, and Cape May county |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | Witmer Stone, 1910, says "This and Viola pedata lineariloba make a brilliant show between Moorestown and New Lisbon along the railroad banks in alternating beds of pink and blue."(657) herbaceous when young, becoming more woody with age. |