Alyssum-leaf Phlox - Phlox alyssifolia
Other Names:
Phlox variabilis
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S4
C-value:
4
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Taprooted, mat-forming. Stems prostrate to ascending, 4–15 cm, sparsely hirsute, glandular above. Leaves firm, linear-oblanceolate to elliptic, 9–20 mm long, mostly glabrous, basally ciliate, usually white-margined. Flowers 1 to 3; pedicels 0–15 mm long; calyx glandular-hirsute, 9–11 mm long with flat intercostal membranes; corolla white, the tube 10–17 mm long, lobes 8–12 mm long; style 6–12 mm long (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Stony, sparsely vegetated soil of grassland, pine woodlands; plains, valleys to (rarely) lower alpine (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
POLLINATORS The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap:
Bombus vagans,
Bombus flavifrons,
Bombus melanopygus,
Bombus pensylvanicus,
Bombus bimaculatus,
Bombus griseocollis,
Bombus impatiens, and
Bombus kirbiellus (Shaw and Taylor 1986, Colla and Dumesh 2010).