NAZ Flora: A Photographic, Annotated Catalog of Northern Arizona Vascular Plants, published by Mindbird Maps & Books

Phlox longifolia

Longleaf Phlox; Cold-desert Phlox

A member of the Polemoniaceae, the Phlox Family

Flowers of Phlox longifolia, off of Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona; Bureau of Land Management.

Flowers.

Bureau of Land Management public lands: Off of Hualapai Mountain Road,
about four and a half miles southeast of Historic Route 66 in Kingman.
Elevation ca. 4,300 feet.

25 April 2010.


Flowers of Phlox longifolia, off of Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona; Bureau of Land Management.

Flowers, same specimen as in prior image.

25 April 2010.


Inflorescence of Phlox longifolia, off of Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona; Bureau of Land Management.

Inflorescence, same specimen as prior images.
Tape measure shows scale in inches.

25 April 2010.


Leaves of Phlox longifolia, off of Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona; Bureau of Land Management.

Cauline leaves and stem detail, same specimen as prior images.
Gradations on the tape measure are in 1/16th of an inch.

25 April 2010.


Flowers of Phlox longifolia, off of Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona; Bureau of Land Management.

Side view of flowers, showing details of calyces.
Same specimen as in prior images.

25 April 2010.


Habitat of Phlox longifolia, off of Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona; Bureau of Land Management.

Habitat, the subject growing among Gutierrezia.
Same specimen as in prior images.

25 April 2010.


Habit of Phlox longifolia, off of Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona; Bureau of Land Management.

Habit, with tape showing scale in inches.
Same locality as in prior images, different specimen.

25 April 2010.


Inflorescences of Phlox longifolia, off of Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona; Bureau of Land Management.

Inflorescences, more of these flowers past their prime than those in the upper images.
Same plant as in prior image.

25 April 2010.


Habitat of Phlox longifolia, off of Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona; Bureau of Land Management.

Habitat, the subject at lower center left.
 
Ericameria linearifolia is the yellow-flowered shrub;
the tall shrubs in the background are Canotia holacantha.
 
The peaks of the Hualapai Mountains are on the horizon.

25 April 2010.


Photographs copyright © Lee Dittmann

This page created 7 May 2010; last revised 8 May 2010.

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