Calflora: Phlox stansburyi

Phlox stansburyi (Torrey) A.A. Heller

cold desert phlox

Phlox stansburyi, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

Communities:	Sagebrush Scrub, Northern Oak Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
Elevation:	between 5577 and 9842 feet
Family:	POLEMONIACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Phlox found in California.
	This is a parent record; distribution data is an aggregate of data for subspecies and varieties: Phlox stansburyi ssp. stansburyi Phlox stansburyi ssp. superba Phlox stansburyi var. brevifolia

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Other Names:

ICPN:

Phlox viridis ssp. compacta

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See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Alpine: 4 / 3 CCH Amador: 1 / 1 CCH El Dorado: 1 / 1 CCH Imperial: 1 / 1 CCH Inyo: 147 / 142 CCH Kern: 1 / 1 CCH Lassen: 32 / 30 CCH Mono: 75 / 69 CCH Modoc: 32 / 32 CCH San Bernardino: 91 / 84 CCH Sierra: 3 / 3 CCH Trinity: 1 / 1 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Phlox stansburyi from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (PHST11)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database