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Definition of Phlox stellaria
1. Noun. Low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States.
Group relationships: Genus Phlox
Generic synonyms: Phlox
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Literary usage of Phlox stellaria
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1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1898)
"Phlox stellaria A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 252. 1870. Glabrous or puberulent;
stems diffuse, somewhat woody, much branched, the branches nearly erect, ..."
2. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"Who knows where Phlox stellaria can be found? The plant is very much like Phlox
bifida in appearance, the principal difference being that the corolla lobes ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"GROUND PINK. Moss PINK. Fig. 2915. Tufted or matted species, in many forms, the
depressed sts. more or less 2914. Phlox stellaria (x>i). ..."
4. The New International Encyclopædia by Daniel Colt Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"Phlox stellaria is much prized as an ornamental plant on account of its numerous
white flowers. The ground or moss pink commonly grown in gardens is Phlox ..."
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