Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Phlox drummondii ssp. tharpii
Phlox drummondii Hook. ssp. tharpii (Whitehouse) Wherry
Tharp's Phlox
Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family)
USDA Symbol: PHDRTUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Phlox drummondii ssp. tharpii
Tharp Phlox
Polemoniaceae
Location: Marker 124 on IH-37, west R.O.W., South Bexar CountyLatitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Sandy, well drained soil. Full sun.
Description: Shallow rooted annual, 17 cm tall. Leaves hirsute beneath, linear-lanceolate, alternate, sessile, 5 mm x 5 cm long. Inflorescence a terminal cluster. Corolla salver-form, rose-purple.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Mar 9, 1995
Specimen number: 731
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1124
Accession Date: Feb 28, 1998
Accession Number: 104
Annotations: SCXRB (In flower)