Phlox divaricata
Family:
Polemoniaceae
Common Name(s):
Blue phlox, sweet William
Flowering Time:
Late April to June
Fruit/Seed Maturation Sign:
Capsules turn light brown
Fruit/Seed Collection Dates:
Mid May, early June
Seed Cleaning:
Separate seed from capsule
Storage:
Dry short-term, but will lose viability (Cullina 2000)
Restoration Potential:
High
Notes
Mature transplants added to a woodland degraded by cattle grazing in Wisconin were "healthy" in the six years that the plants were monitored, and with low mortality; the authors did not report whether they reproduced (Ellarson and Craven 1982) .
Transplants in a field study had 50% survival after 7 years; phlox self-sows (Mottl et al. 2006). New roots form where nodes of stem contacts damp soil (Sperka 1973); has extensive vegetative spread, forming patches or colones (Barkely 1986, Gleason and Cronquist 1991, Runkel and Bull 2009),
Seeds few and not easy to collect (Sperka 1973).
