Phlox tenuifolia
| Phlox tenuifolia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Polemoniaceae |
| Genus: | Phlox |
| Species: | P. tenuifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Phlox tenuifolia E.E.Nelson | |
Phlox tenuifolia (Santa Catalina Mountain phlox) is a white flowered plant in the phlox family (Polemoniaceae) that can be found with stems climbing through shrubs and other vegetation growing on rocky slopes of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona.[1]:65 Botanist Richard Spellenberg has described its floral displays over supporting vegetation as "spectacular".[1]:65
References
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/30/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.