Wildflowers Identified: Moss Phlox/Moss-Pink
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Moss Phlox/Moss-Pink has these characteristics:
- 5 petals
- tubular petals
- several flowers on stem
- cluster or spike of flowers (a spike is a long cluster, with the flowers along the stem)
- 1/8 to 3/8 inches flower width
- 3/8 to 5/8 inches flower width
- 5/8 to 1 inch flower width
- whitish flower color
- pink to red flower color
- blue to purple flower color
- blooms in April or earlier
- blooms in May
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- plant height one foot or less
- leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
- opposite one another leaf arrangement on the stem
- smooth leaf edges
- parallel leaf veins
- simple leaves over 5 times as long as wide
- stem is hairy or spiny
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Eric Haines,
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