Longleaf Phlox

Phlox longifolia

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Botanical name
Phlox longifolia
Also known as
Long-Leaved Phlox, Longleaf Phlox
Family
Polemoniaceae
Genus
Phlox
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Longleaf Phlox

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Phlox longifolia but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Armeria linearifolia Phlox cernua Phlox cortezana Phlox grahamii Phlox grayi Phlox humilis Phlox humilis Phlox linearifolia Phlox linearifolia var. longipes Phlox longifolia f. brevifolia Phlox longifolia f. humilis Phlox longifolia subsp. brevifolia Phlox longifolia subsp. calva Phlox longifolia subsp. compacta Phlox longifolia subsp. cortezana Phlox longifolia subsp. humilis Phlox longifolia subsp. longifolia Phlox longifolia subsp. longipes Phlox longifolia subsp. marginata Phlox longifolia subsp. typica Phlox longifolia subvar. brevifolia Phlox longifolia subvar. brevifolia Phlox longifolia var. brevifolia Phlox longifolia var. calva Phlox longifolia var. compacta Phlox longifolia var. filifolia Phlox longifolia var. humilis Phlox longifolia var. linearifolia Phlox longifolia var. longifolia Phlox longifolia var. longipes Phlox longifolia var. puberula Phlox longifolia var. stansburyi Phlox puberula Phlox speciosa var. linearifolia Phlox speciosa var. stansburyi Phlox stansburyi Phlox stansburyi subsp. compacta Phlox stansburyi subsp. eu-stansburyi Phlox stansburyi subsp. superba Phlox stansburyi subvar. microcalyx Phlox stansburyi var. brevifolia Phlox stansburyi var. compacta Phlox stansburyi var. puberula Phlox stansburyi var. stansburyi Phlox superba Phlox tenuis Phlox viridis subsp. compacta Phlox viridis subsp. longipes Phlox visenda

Others in Phlox

Phlox maculata
Meadow Phlox
Phlox rigida
Phlox multiflora subsp. multiflora
Phlox pilosa subsp. detonsa
Phlox pilosa subsp. pulcherrima
Phlox kelseyi subsp. kelseyi
Phlox kelseyi subsp. salina
Phlox multiflora
Rocky Mountain Phlox

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