3-69 Polemoniaceae, phlox family

Marian C. Munro; Ruth E. Newell; Nicholas M. Hill

Authors

Marian C. Munro Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS
Ruth E. Newell E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Nicholas M. Hill Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Keywords:

Magnoliophyte, phlox family, dicots, Collomia, Phlox, tiny trumpets, sweet William, moss-pink

Abstract

Most diverse in western North America, Nova Scotia has but three escapes from cultivation of the 300 plus species described. Herbaceous plants, they have perfect, hypogynous flowers. Corolla is sympetalous, five-merous, the lobes sometimes unequal in size. The inserted stamens alternate with the lobes. Tube is sometimes ribbed, alternating with translucent patches. Style is terminal; stigmata number three. Fruits are capsules.Photograph use donated by Martin Thomas and Marian Munro.

Author Biographies

Marian C. Munro, Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS

Curator of Botany (NSPM)

Ruth E. Newell, E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Curator of the E. C. Smith Herbarium (ACAD)

Nicholas M. Hill, Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Director; Adjunct Professor.