Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Polemoniaceae
(Phlox)


The Polemoniaceae are herbs with narrow leaves. Their tubular flowers are sometimes long and flashy. They have five united petals and five united sepals, along with five stamens.



Eriastrum diffusum (Wool Star)
Gilia lyndana (Lynda's Gilia)
Giliastrum acerosum (Spiny Blue Bowls)
Ipomopsis aggregata (Skyrocket)
Ipomopsis longiflora (Trumpet Gilia)
Ipomopsis macombii (Macomb's Skyrocket)
Ipomopsis multiflora (Many Flowered Gilia)
Leptosiphon chrysanthus (Golden Desert Trumpets)
Leptosiphon nuttallii (Nuttall's Desert Phlox)
Microsteris gracilis (Slender Phlox)
Phlox nana (Three Seed Phlox)
Phlox woodhousei (Showy Phlox)
Polemonium foliosissimum var. flavum (Yellow Jacob's Ladder)
Polemonium foliosissimum var. foliosissimum (Jacob's Ladder)


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