''Phlox ovata'' (syn. ''Phlox latifolia''), the Allegheny phlox, mountain phlox, or wideflower phlox, is a species of flowering plant in the family
Polemoniaceae
The Polemoniaceae (Jacob's-ladder or phlox family) are a family of flowering plants consisting of about 27 genera with 270–400 species of annuals and perennials native to the Northern Hemisphere and South America, with the center of diversity ...
, native to the eastern United States.
A creeping perennial found in open montane woodlands, its taxonomic history has been marked by nomenclatural issues.
References
ovata
Endemic flora of the United States
Flora of Indiana
Flora of Ohio
Flora of West Virginia
Flora of Pennsylvania
Flora of Massachusetts
Flora of the Southeastern United States
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Plants described in 1753
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