Phlox multiflora subsp. multiflora
Meadow Phlox
Phlox maculata
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- Botanical name
- Phlox maculata
- Also known as
- Meadow Phlox, Northern Meadow Phlox, Spotted Phlox, Wild Sweet William, Wild Sweet-William, Wild Sweetwilliam
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Phlox
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Meadow Phlox
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Phlox maculata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Phlox alba
Phlox bimaculata
Phlox candida
Phlox excelsa
Phlox fruticosa
Phlox maculata f. immaculata
Phlox maculata var. candida
Phlox maculata var. gracilior
Phlox maculata var. maculata
Phlox maculata var. nitida
Phlox maculata var. odorata
Phlox maculata var. purpurea
Phlox maculata var. suaveolens
Phlox odorata
Phlox penduliflora
Phlox reflexa
Phlox suaveolens
Others in Phlox
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