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Phlox carolina 'Mrs Lingard'
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Phlox
Species:
P. carolina
Binomial name
Phlox carolina

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Phlox carolina, the thickleaf phlox,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae. It is an herbaceous perennial growing to 1.2 m (4 ft) tall by 45 cm (18 in) wide, with leaves to 13 cm (5 in) long, and purple or pink flowers in summer.[2] The specific epithet carolina refers to its native habitat in the eastern United States.[3] It grows in woodland edges and openings.[4] Flowers attract bees, hummingbirds, and butterflies.[5]

It is the parent of numerous garden cultivars, of which 'Bill Baker'[6] (pink) and 'Miss Lingard'[7] (pure white) have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[8]

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Introduction

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Phlox carolina, or the thickleaf phlox, is tall herbaceous flowering Phlox species in the family Polemoniaceae and order Ericales. It grows from 2 to 5 feet tall and 1 to 2 feet tall with pink, purple, or white dome-shaped flowers that boom in early to late summer. It is native to the south eastern United States but also grown as an ornamental flower elsewhere. It is not to be confused with Phlox glaberrima.

Description

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Phlox carolina[9] is one of the the taller members of the phlox genus growing from 1 to 5 feet tall[10], typically 2 to 3 feet tall, and 1 to 2 feet wide. It is herbaceous, perennial, and flowers from May to late June, which is later than most other phlox species,[11] flowering intermediately throughout the season. The are flowers less than one inch in length that are pink, purple or white located in bunches or a dome shape at the top of the plant.[12] The inflorescence of Phlox carolina is panicle shaped with a fragrant scent.[12]

Phlox carolina's leaves type is simple with opposite arrangement with an entire margin and a lanceolate to ovate shape that is 1 to 4 inches long. The stem is red colored and has pubescent hairs. The fruit is capsule shaped and fully grown in summer.[12]

Taxonomy

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Phlox carolina belongs to the order Ericales, the rhododendron order, the family Polemoniaceae, the Jacob's-ladder or phlox family[13], and is further divided into the phlox group Ovatae.[14] It was described and named a number of times by various individuals before it was included in Carl Linnaeus's second edition of Species Plantarum.[15] Phlox carolina has a number of cultivars, varieties, and subspecies listed bellow under the header cultivars, varieties and subspecies.

Phlox carolina was named and described many times due to taxonomic confusion and lack of literature.[15] Phlox carolina was also historically used as a catch all taxonomic name used for species of phlox that did not fit well with other species until they were made distinct species themselves.[11] Some data bases include Phlox carolina as a subspecies of Phlox glaberrima, or vise versa, since the two species are similar.[16] Previous names for Phlox carolina include Phlox caroliniana, Phlox altissima, Phlox triflora, Phlox suffruticosa, and Phlox heterophylla which are all now either or species of phlox or a subspecies or variation of Phlox carolina.[15]

Phlox carolina can be confused with similar looking relatives such as Phlox paniculata, Phlox maculata[12], and Phlox glaberrima, which causes the "p. glaberrima complex". In recent times, plant geneticists have used ITS spacer of ribosomal and chloroplast DNA is used to differentiate P. carolina from other closely related Phlox species.[17]

Distribution and Habitat

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Phlox carolina, is native to the south eastern United States spanning from Florida to Indiana and from North Carolina to Texas.[10] Although it is considered to be critically imperiled in West Virginia.[18] It tends to grow in open forested areas, forest edges, roadsides, and clearings.[12] It can also be found in gardens as an ornamental plant.[19]

Phlox carolina grow in moist habitats and can grow in loam, clay, sand, or high nutrient soil, [12]with soil pH less than 6.8. It is heat tolerant and grows in full sun or partial shade.[20] It grows in hardiness zones 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, and 9b.[10]

Uses

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Phlox carolina is a native plant that is often used as an ornamental plant in gardens,[19] but it also serves as a pollinator plant that attracts bees, hummingbirds and butterflies. It also serves as a food source for smaller mammals such as Cottontail Rabbits. [12]

Since the genus phlox tends to have lots of variation in phenotypes and tend to hybridize quickly, gene sequencing often has to be used to identify which species a phlox is, this leads to Phlox carolina, a wide-spread and well known phlox, to be used as a basis to compare ITS DNA sequences with other phlox species. [19]

Phlox carolina is also often used in gene studies specifically counting the differing number of chromosome that differing species contain. Phlox carolina having a diploid number of 14 chromosomes. [14] Phlox carolina is also used as a tall Phlox for studies on mechanical aspects of hybridization success in relation to height, as taller phlox species have longer pollen tubes and larger pollen grains than short phlox species.[21]

Cultivars, Varieties, and Subspecies

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As a popular ornamental flowering plant, Phlox carolina has a number of cultivars, such as "Minnie Pearl" with white flowers, "Kim" with pink flowers[12], "Gypsy Love" which is shorter than the others with pink flowers, and "Magnificence" which is taller than the others with purple-pink flowers.[10] The most common cultivar is known as the "Miss Lingard", as known as wedding phlox, that has all white flowers and is a popular floral arrangement used for weddings.[19]

Subspecies and varieties of Phlox carolina include, Phlox carolina L. ssp. alta Wherry, Phlox carolina L. ssp. angusta Wherry, Phlox carolina L. ssp. carolina, Phlox carolina L. ssp. turritella Wherry[6], Phlox carolina L. var. altissima Wherry, Phlox carolina L. ssp. heterophylla Wherry, Phlox carolina L. ssp. typica Wherry, Phlox carolina L. var. triflora (Michx.) Wherry, Phlox carolina L. var. nitida (Pursh) Benth., and Phlox carolina L. var. puberula Benth.[22]

Common diseases and Aliments

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Phlox carolina can get black root rot, which is caused by two species of berkeleyomyces, root rot fungi.[23] It can also get phytophthora blight and root rot, which is caused by phytophthora, or water molds. [24] Other fungi diseases include, Cotton root rot caused by Phymatotrichum omnivorum,[25], leaf spots caused by a number of different fungi namely Septoria divaricata, stem blight caused by members of Pyrenochaeta, wilts caused by Verticillium albo-atrum.[26] Unlike most phlox, Phlox carolina tends to be more resistant, especially in wild populations, to powdery mildew, which is a common aliment otherwise. [19] Like most plants, Phlox carolina is susceptible to plant galls, specifically crown galls caused by a bacteria named Agrobacterium tumefaciens. [27] Phlox carolina is also susceptible to several insect pest such as, the four-lined plant bug, Phlox plant bug, Lopidea plant bug, the oriental beetle [12], and spider mites. [19]

References

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  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Phlox carolinaaccessdate=29 September 2015​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team.
  2. ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
  3. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. p. 224. ISBN 9781845337315.
  4. ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  5. ^ "Phlox carolina (Carolina Phlox, Giant Phlox, Summer Phlox, Thick-leaf Phlox, Thickleaf Phlox) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox". plants.ces.ncsu.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  6. ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Phlox carolina 'Bill Baker'". Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  7. ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Phlox carolina 'Miss Lingard'". Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  8. ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 78. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Phlox carolina L. — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  10. ^ a b c d USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Phlox carolinaaccessdate=29 September 2015​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team.
  11. ^ a b "Phlox carolina". Mt. Cuba Center. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Phlox carolina (Carolina Phlox, Giant Phlox, Summer Phlox, Thick-leaf Phlox, Thickleaf Phlox) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox". plants.ces.ncsu.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  13. ^ "ITIS - Report: Phlox". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  14. ^ a b Meyer, James (October 19, 1943). "Chromosome Studies of Phlox" (PDF). University of Virginia.
  15. ^ a b c Wherry, Edgar T. (1931). "The Eastern Long-styled Phloxes, part i". Bartonia (13): 18–37. ISSN 0198-7356.
  16. ^ "NameThatPlant.net: Phlox carolina". www.namethatplant.net. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  17. ^ Zale, Peter J.; Jourdan, Pablo (2015-09-01). "Genome Size and Ploidy of Phlox paniculata and Related Germplasm in Subsections Paniculatae and Phlox". Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 140 (5): 436–448. doi:10.21273/JASHS.140.5.436. ISSN 2327-9788.
  18. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  19. ^ a b c d e f May 1, Factsheet | HGIC 1181 | Published:; Print, 2009 |. "Phlox". Home & Garden Information Center | Clemson University, South Carolina. Retrieved 2024-10-24. {{cite web}}: |first2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  21. ^ Feller, Anna; Burgin, Grace; Lewis, Nia; Prabhu, Rohan; Hopkins, Robin (May 10 2023). "Mismatch between pollen and pistil size causes asymmetric mechanical reproductive isolation across Phlox species" (PDF). {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  22. ^ "International Plant Names Index". ipni.org. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  23. ^ "Black Root Rot on Ornamental Plants | NC State Extension Publications". content.ces.ncsu.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  24. ^ "Phytophthora Blight and Root Rot on Annuals and Herbaceous Perennials | NC State Extension Publications". content.ces.ncsu.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  25. ^ "Cotton Root Rot | Texas Plant Disease Handbook". plantdiseasehandbook.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  26. ^ "Phlox | Texas Plant Disease Handbook". plantdiseasehandbook.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  27. ^ "Crown Gall | Texas Plant Disease Handbook". plantdiseasehandbook.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
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