Phlox paniculata

Phlox paniculata

Phlox paniculata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Polemoniaceae
Subfamilia: Polemonioideae
Tribus: Phlocideae
Genus: Phlox
Sectio: P. sect. Phlox
Species: Phlox paniculata

Name

Phlox paniculata L., 1753.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Armeria paniculata (L.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 432 (1891)
• Homotypic
  • Phlox acuminata Pursh in Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 730 (1813)
  • Phlox acutifolia Sweet in Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 368 (1830)
  • Phlox americana Sweet in Brit. Fl. Gard. 3: t. 248 (1828)
  • Phlox atrocaulis W.H.Baxter in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit., Suppl. 2: 656 (1839)
  • Phlox brevifolia Baum. ex Hoffmanns. in Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 98 (1824)
  • Phlox bridgesii Marnock in Floric. Mag. & Misc. Gard. 6: t. 1 (1842)
  • Phlox broughtonii Marnock in Floric. Mag. & Misc. Gard. 6: t. 3 (1842)
  • Phlox brownii F.Hässl. in Blumen-Zeitung 8: 33 (1835)
  • Phlox canescens Salm-Dyck in Hort. Dyck.: 205 (1834), nom. nud.
  • Phlox clarkioides Poit. in Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 2, 1: 69 (1841)
  • Phlox cordata Elliott in Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 40 (1821)
  • Phlox corymbosa Sweet in Brit. Fl. Gard. 5: t. 114 (1831)
  • Phlox cruenta Curtis ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 322 (1841)
  • Phlox decussata G.F.Lyon ex Pursh in Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 730 (1813)
  • Phlox disticha Sabine ex Sweet in Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 478 (1839)
  • Phlox divergens Wender. in Schriften Ges. Beförd. Gesammten Naturwiss. Marburg 2: 245 (1831)
  • Phlox elata Penny ex G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 596 (1832), nom. nud.
  • Phlox ingramiana Loudon in Hort. Brit., Suppl. 2: 656 (1839)
  • Phlox ingrum Booth ex Bosse in Vollst. Handb. Bl.-Gärtn., ed. 2. 3: 107 (1842)
  • Phlox intermedia Lodd. ex Sweet in Hort. Brit.: 285 (1826), nom. nud.
  • Phlox × laeta Penny ex G.Don in R.Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 478 (1839), nom. nud.
  • Phlox macrophylla Reider in Bloemk. Beschr.: 109 (1830)
  • Phlox missourica Salm-Dyck in Hort. Dyck.: 205 (1834)
  • Phlox omniflora W.H.Baxter in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit., Suppl. 2: 656 (1839)
  • Phlox paniculata var. acuminata (Pursh) A.Gray in Manual: 344 (1848)
  • Phlox paniculata var. laxiflora Brand in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 250: 59 (1907)
  • Phlox philadelphica Bosse in Vollst. Handb. Bl.-Gärtn., ed. 2. 3: 105 (1842)
  • Phlox pulchella W.H.Baxter in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit., Suppl. 2: 656 (1839)
  • Phlox scabra Sweet in Brit. Fl. Gard. 3: t. 248 (1828)
  • Phlox sickmannii Lehm. in Index Seminum (HBG, Hamburgensis) 1826: 17 (1826)
  • Phlox thomsoniana Bosse in Vollst. Handb. Bl.-Gärtn., ed. 2. 3: 112 (1842)
  • Phlox thomsonii Courtois ex Bosse in Vollst. Handb. Bl.-Gärtn., ed. 3. 3: 112 (1861)
  • Phlox tigrina Wender. in Schriften Ges. Beförd. Gesammten Naturwiss. Marburg 2: 245 (1831)
  • Phlox undulata Aiton in Hortus Kew. 1: 265 (1789)
  • Phlox vernoniana W.H.Baxter in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit., Suppl. 2: 656 (1839)
  • Phlox virginica Lodd. ex Sweet in Hort. Brit.: 285 (1826), nom. nud.
  • Phlox wheeleri Bosse in Vollst. Handb. Bl.-Gärtn., ed. 2. 3: 113 (1842)
  • Phlox wheeleriana Sweet in Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 368 (1830)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regionalː Eeastern USA Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia Introduced into: Baltic States, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Germany, Great Britain, New Brunswick, New York, Newfoundland, North European Russia, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Primorye, Québec, Uzbekistan, Wisconsin References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 151. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. 2011. Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama. Sida Botanical Miscellany 36: 112 pp. Fort Worth: Botanical Reseach Institute of Texas. ISBN 978-1-889878-34-8 Reference page. 
• USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database https://web.archive.org/web/20240926064532/https://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html
• (2025). https://www.doi.org/10.14258/turczaninowia.28.4.1. epublication.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Phlox paniculata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 March 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Phlox paniculata. Published online. Accessed: March 22 2026. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. March 22 in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2026. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• العربية: قبس عثكولي
• беларуская: Флёкс мяцёлчаты
• català: flox de jardí
• čeština: plamenka latnatá
• Cymraeg: Fflocsen fflocs
• Deutsch: Hoher Stauden-Phlox
• English: fall phlox, garden phlox, perennial phlox, summer phlox
• فارسی: فلوکس باغچه‌ای
• suomi: Syysleimu
• français: Phlox paniculé
• hornjoserbsce: Lětnja płomjenjowka
• magyar: Lángvirág
• 日本語: クサキョウチクトウ
• 한국어: 풀협죽도
• polski: floks wiechowaty
• русский: Флокс метельчатый
• slovenčina: flox metlinatý
• slovenščina: Grozdasta plamenka
• svenska: Höstflox
• Türkçe: Bahçe Alev Çiçeği (Bahçe Floksu, Yaz Floksu)
• 中文: 天蓝绣球

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