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Phlox drummondii
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Family:
POLEMONIACEAE
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Citation: Phlox drummondii Hook. in Curtis, Bot. Mag. t. 3441. 1835.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Annual Phlox
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Description:
Erect, annual herb; branchlets viscid, villous. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, to 5 x 1.5 cm, membranous, sessile, base obtuse, apex acute. Cymes terminal or in upper axils, leafy; peduncle to 2.5 cm; pedicel to 1 cm. Calyx tubular; lobes 5-7, narrow, recurved in fruit. Corolla salver-form, rose or white; tube 1 cm, villous outside, longer than calyx; lobes 5, imbricate. Stamens 5, included, subequal. Ovary 3-celled; ovule 1 per cell. Capsule 3-valved, globose; seeds 3.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Native of tropical America
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Rose, White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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