| Family: | Polemoniaceae |
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| Common name: | phlox family [Zomlefer, pp. 220-222] |
| Diversity: | Worldwide: 18 genera; 300 species U.S.: 12 genera PNW (Hitchcock & Cronquist): 12 genera |
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| Flower | |
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| K(5) Co(5) S5 P(3) | |
| Sexuality: | bisexual |
| Symmetry: | actinomorphic |
| Inflorescence: | cyme or solitary |
| Calyx (sepals): | 5, fused into a tube |
| Corolla (petals): | 5, fused, often forming a long slender tube with flared limbs (=salverform) |
| Androecium: | 5, attached to the petals (=epipetalous) |
| Gynoecium: | 3 united carpels, superior ovary (=hypogynous), single style with three stigmas, axile placentation |
| Fruit: | capsule |
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| Vegetative Features | |
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| Leaves: | alternate or opposite, entire, divided, or pinnately compound, exstipulate |
| Life-history: | annual to perennial |
| Habit: | herbs, rarely shrubs or trees |
| Distribution & Ecology: | primarily N. America |
| Some Northwest Genera: | Collomia, collomia Gilia, gilia Linanthus, baby stars Phlox, phlox Polemonium, polemonium, Jacob's ladder |
| Economic Importance | |
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| Crops: | |
| Ornamentals: | some garden ornamentals Phlox |
| Weedy and pest species: | |
| Examples | Polemoniaceae Gilia |
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| Polemoniaceae Ipomopsis |
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| Polemoniaceae Linanthus |
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| Polemoniaceae Phlox |
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| Polemoniaceae Polemonium |
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