Plant

Showy phlox

Phlox speciosa
Plant
Showy phlox
Habitat
Near Orofino
Conservation
Vulnerable
First Observed
1806-05-07

Showy phlox is found on open, dry slopes of sagebrush or ponderosa pine on the Columbia Plateau and into Montana.

In the NPS atlas of species the expedition described

Showy phlox

Plant · recorded by Lewis and Clark

Discovered near Orofino, is found on open, dry slopes of sagebrush or ponderosa pine on the Columbia Plateau and into Montana.

Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.

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