Phlox tenuifolia E.E.Nelson is a plant in the Polemoniaceae family, order Ericales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.
Phlox tenuifolia E.E.Nelson
Phlox tenuifolia is a white-flowered Sonoran Desert phlox that climbs through other vegetation, with spectacular floral displays.
Phlox tenuifolia, commonly called the Santa Catalina Mountain phlox, is a white-flowered plant belonging to the phlox family, Polemoniaceae. Its stems grow climbing through shrubs and other vegetation on rocky slopes of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona. Botanist Richard Spellenberg has described the species' floral displays spreading over its supporting vegetation as "spectacular".
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Gilia tricolor Benth.
Linanthus bellus (A.Gray) Greene
Navarretia tagetina Greene
Phlox hoodii Richardson
Linanthus jonesii (A.Gray) Greene
Navarretia mellita (Greene) Greene
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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