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§1 Plant
Phlox maculata L.
vernacular wild sweetwilliam — species · Polemoniaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polemoniaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Phlox
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 356 counties across 22 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 356 counties across 22 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Fountain 18045
- Hamilton 18057
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Johnson 18081
- Marshall 18099
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Posey 18129
- Randolph 18135
- Ripley 18137
- Scott 18143
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vigo 18167
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Allen 21003
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Garrard 21079
- Green 21087
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Henderson 21101
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Johnson 21115
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Martin 21159
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Owen 21187
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 18 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Greene 39057
- Hamilton 39061
- Highland 39071
- Holmes 39075
- Jackson 39079
- Knox 39083
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Miami 39109
- Montgomery 39113
- Ottawa 39123
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Vinton 39163
- Wayne 39169
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Cannon 47015
- Carter 47019
- Claiborne 47025
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Unicoi 47171
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Craig 51045
- Dickenson 51051
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King William 51101
- Lee 51105
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Pulaski 51155
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Harrison 54033
- Kanawha 54039
- Marion 54049
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Nicholas 54067
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Putnam 54079
- Randolph 54083
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Webster 54101
- Wirt 54105
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PHMA4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2927783 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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