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Taken March 2013 at Enchanted Rock, Hill Country, Texas


Drummond phlox

Phlox drummondii
Phlox drummondii Hook.
Annual phlox, Phlox, Drummond phlox
Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family)
Synonym(s):
USDA Symbol: PHDR
USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (I)

A much-branched, sticky-glandular plant with bright rose-red, pink, or white flowers in tight clusters at the ends of stems. Annual phlox or Drummonds phlox is a showy annual. Usually 6-12 in. tall, this phlox can reach 20 in. in height. Its flowers, usually with a pale center, range in color from pink to red, white, peach, or lavender. The 1 in. blooms are in terminal clusters and are trumpet-shaped with a short, narrow tube. The leaves are soft, hairy and sticky. This southern flower of roadsides and fields escaped from cultivation. The species is named for Thomas Drummond, who sent seeds from Texas to England in 1835.

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