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Polemoniaceae

150 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Ericales › Polemoniaceae

Polemonium vanbruntiae Britton

Polemonium vanbruntiae is a rare perennial wetland herb native to eastern North America that is sometimes cultivated for gardens.

Linanthus bigelovii (A.Gray) Greene

Bigelow's linanthus (Linanthus bigelovii) is an annual flowering herb of the phlox family native to dry habitats of the southwestern US and northern Mexico.

Linanthus bellus (A.Gray) Greene

Linanthus bellus, or desertbeauty, is an uncommon phlox family flowering plant native to southern California and northern Baja California.

Linanthus concinnus Milliken

Linanthus concinnus, or San Gabriel linanthus, is a small annual flowering plant endemic to the San Gabriel Mountains, California.

Linanthus demissus (A.Gray) Greene

Linanthus demissus is a small creeping annual desert plant with distinctive fragrant twisted white flowers.

Linanthus inyoensis (I.M.Johnst.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson

Linanthus inyoensis, or Inyo gilia, is a small phlox-family flowering plant native to parts of California and Nevada.

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Maculigilia maculata (Parish) V.E.Grant

Maculigilia maculata is an endangered small annual flowering plant in the phlox family endemic to desert regions of Southern California.

Gilia millefoliata Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

Gilia millefoliata Fisch. & C.A.Mey. is a small North American wildflower with glandular, skunk-scented herbage, purple flowers, and small capsule fruits.

Gilia brecciarum M.E.Jones

Gilia brecciarum is an annual phlox family flowering plant native to parts of the western United States that grows in open sandy areas.

Gilia latiflora (A.Gray) A.Gray

Gilia latiflora is a scapose spring wildflower with fragrant lavender-tinged blooms that grows on regional sandy washes.

Gilia minor A.D.Grant & V.E.Grant

Gilia minor A.D.Grant & V.E.Grant is a small wildflower with bright lavender, veined-centered flowers and short spreading stems.

Gilia scopulorum M.E.Jones

Gilia scopulorum M.E.Jones is an erect branching wildflower with lavender to purple flowers and a seeded capsule fruit.

Gilia leptantha Parish

Gilia leptantha is a small mostly erect herb with lobed basal leaves and pink to lavender flowers with yellow and white throats.

Gilia nevinii A.Gray ex Lyon

Nevin's gilia (Gilia nevinii) is an uncommon phlox-family flowering plant native to Channel Islands and Guadalupe Island.

Gilia ophthalmoides Brand

Gilia ophthalmoides Brand is a wildflower with branching stems, toothed leaflets, pink-lobed flowers, and small seed capsules.

Phlox adsurgens Torr. ex A.Gray

Phlox adsurgens (northern phlox) is a decumbent herbaceous perennial flowering plant native to western US that holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Phlox caespitosa Nutt.

Phlox caespitosa Nutt. is a mat-forming perennial herb with short stems, narrow leaves, and small white, pink, or lavender five-lobed flowers.

Phlox dolichantha A.Gray

Phlox dolichantha, Big Bear Valley phlox, is an endemic California herb with showy colorful flowers.

Phlox hoodii subsp. muscoides (Nutt.) Wherry

This is a description of Phlox hoodii, the common spiny or carpet phlox, a low perennial herb native to western North America.

Phlox pulvinata (Wherry) Cronquist

Cushion phlox (Phlox pulvinata) is a cushion-shaped perennial phlox native to mountain and plateau habitats of the western United States.

Phlox tenuifolia E.E.Nelson

Phlox tenuifolia is a white-flowered Sonoran Desert phlox that climbs through other vegetation, with spectacular floral displays.

Phlox alyssifolia Greene

Alyssum-leaved phlox (Phlox alyssifolia Greene) is a short, tufted plant native to dry North American grasslands with white, sometimes tinted, five-petaled flowers.

Phlox glabriflora (Brand) Whitehouse

Rio Grande phlox (Phlox glabriflora) is an annual Phlox species native to southern Texas.

Phlox sibirica L.

Phlox sibirica L. is a small cushion-shaped perennial rhizomatous geophyte with flowers ranging from white to pale blue-violet.

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