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colubrina

Taxon

Phlox colubrina Wherry & Constance

Protologue Amer. Midl. Naturalist 19: 433, figs. 1, 2. 1938BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Phlox colubrina, Smith, J 10727--Idaho. Nez Perce Co. China Garden Cr. 6 May 2013. DSC03350 (10).JPG

Phlox colubrina, Smith, J 10727--Idaho. Nez Perce Co. China Garden Cr. 6 May 2013. DSC03350 (10).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Phlox colubrina, Smith, J 10727--Idaho. Nez Perce Co. China Garden Cr. 6 May 2013. DSC03350 (9).JPG

Phlox colubrina, Smith, J 10727--Idaho. Nez Perce Co. China Garden Cr. 6 May 2013. DSC03350 (9).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Phlox colubrina, Smith, J 10727--Idaho. Nez Perce Co. China Garden Cr. 6 May 2013. DSC03350 (1).JPG

Phlox colubrina, Smith, J 10727--Idaho. Nez Perce Co. China Garden Cr. 6 May 2013. DSC03350 (1).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Phlox colubrina, Smith, J 10727--Idaho. Nez Perce Co. China Garden Cr. 6 May 2013. DSC03350 (4).JPG

Phlox colubrina, Smith, J 10727--Idaho. Nez Perce Co. China Garden Cr. 6 May 2013. DSC03350 (4).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Phlox colubrina, Smith, J 10727--Idaho. Nez Perce Co. China Garden Cr. 6 May 2013. DSC03350 (11).JPG

Phlox colubrina, Smith, J 10727--Idaho. Nez Perce Co. China Garden Cr. 6 May 2013. DSC03350 (11).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Phlox colubrina, Smith, J 10727--Idaho. Nez Perce Co. China Garden Cr. 6 May 2013. DSC03350 (12).JPG

Phlox colubrina, Smith, J 10727--Idaho. Nez Perce Co. China Garden Cr. 6 May 2013. DSC03350 (12).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Phlox colubrina, Smith, J 10727--Idaho. Nez Perce Co. China Garden Cr. 6 May 2013. DSC03350 (6).JPG

Phlox colubrina, Smith, J 10727--Idaho. Nez Perce Co. China Garden Cr. 6 May 2013. DSC03350 (6).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Phlox colubrina, Smith, J 10727--Idaho. Nez Perce Co. China Garden Cr. 6 May 2013. DSC03350 (8).JPG

Phlox colubrina, Smith, J 10727--Idaho. Nez Perce Co. China Garden Cr. 6 May 2013. DSC03350 (8).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Phlox colubrina, Smith, J 10727--Idaho. Nez Perce Co. China Garden Cr. 6 May 2013. DSC03350 (5).JPG

Phlox colubrina, Smith, J 10727--Idaho. Nez Perce Co. China Garden Cr. 6 May 2013. DSC03350 (5).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Phlox colubrina, Smith, J 10727--Idaho. Nez Perce Co. China Garden Cr. 6 May 2013. DSC03350 (2).JPG

Phlox colubrina, Smith, J 10727--Idaho. Nez Perce Co. China Garden Cr. 6 May 2013. DSC03350 (2).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Phlox colubrina, Smith, J 10727--Idaho. Nez Perce Co. China Garden Cr. 6 May 2013. DSC03350 (3).JPG

Phlox colubrina, Smith, J 10727--Idaho. Nez Perce Co. China Garden Cr. 6 May 2013. DSC03350 (3).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Idaho, Oregon, Washington (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Smith, J. F 10727

May 6, 2013

Location

United States, Idaho, Nez Perce (Lewiston)

46.045056, -116.886556

Location Remarks

The Nature Conservancy's China Garden Creek Preserve, on the Snake River opposite the Oregon border, but on the Idaho side. Corral Creek jeep track. Vicinity of the red barn. 799 m elev.

Collectors

James F. Smith, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Clark Shafer

Notes

Open meadows with Pseudoroegneria spicatum and Balsamorhiza sagittata. Stems clustered, corolla pink.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Polemoniaceae

Genus

Phlox

Specific Epithet

colubrina

Authorship

Wherry & Constance

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.5

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#203,073 of 335,497

Top 61%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →