Phlox condensata

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Phlox condensata

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Ericales
Family:  | Polemoniaceae
Genus:  | Phlox
Species:  |

P. condensata

Binomial name
Phlox condensata

(A.Gray) E.E.Nelson

Phlox condensata is a species of phlox known by the common name dwarf phlox. It is native to the western United States including eastern California , Nevada, and Colorado, where it grows in rocky, mountainous areas. It is a very compact mat-forming perennial herb growing in patches often less than a centimeter tall. The toothlike lance-shaped leaves are no more than half a centimeter long and lined with stiff hairs. The inflorescence is a solitary tubular flower up to a centimeter long with a flat white or pale pink corolla.

## External links

* Jepson Manual Treatment
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Wikidata ☰ Q7186538 entry

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