Phlox tenuifolia
Phlox tenuifolia, the Santa Catalina Mountain phlox, is a white flowered plant in the phlox family (Polemoniaceae) that can be found with stems climbing through shrubs and other vegetation growing on rocky slopes of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona.[1]:65 Botanist Richard Spellenberg has described its floral displays over supporting vegetation as "spectacular".[1]:65
| Phlox tenuifolia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Polemoniaceae |
| Genus: | Phlox |
| Species: | P. tenuifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Phlox tenuifolia E.E.Nelson | |
References
- Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN 9780762773688
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