Phlox dolichantha

Phlox dolichantha

Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Phlox
Species: P. dolichantha
Binomial name
Phlox dolichantha
A.Gray

Phlox dolichantha is a species of phlox known by the common name Big Bear Valley phlox. It is endemic to San Bernardino County, California, where it is limited to the area around Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains. It grows in forests and the unique local pebble plain habitat. It occurs at elevations over 2000 meters. It is an erect, branching perennial herb growing up to 30 centimeters tall.[1] The linear or narrowly lance-shaped leaves are 2 to 5 centimeters long and are oppositely arranged on the slender stems. The inflorescence is made up of one or more showy flowers at the tip of the stem. Each flower has a very slender tubular throat up to 5 centimeters long which can be white, pink, or lavender.[2]

The flowers are pollinated by a variety of insects including the hawkmoth Hyles lineata and flies of the genera Anthomyia and Tachypeza.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Nicholls, G. Alpine Plants of North America: An Encyclopedia of Mountain Flowers from the Rockies to Alaska. Timber Press. 2002.
  2. ↑ Phlox dolichantha. The Jepson eFlora 2013.
  3. ↑ Strakosh, S. C. and C. J. Ferguson. (2005). Pollination biology of four southwestern species of Phlox (Polemoniaceae): Insect visitation in relation to corolla tube length. The Southwestern Naturalist 50(3), 291-301.


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