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§1 Plant — subspecies · Polemoniaceae

Phlox speciosa Pursh ssp. occidentalis (Durand ex Torr.) Wherry

vernacular showy phlox

USDA
PHSPO
GBIF
6394352
Rank
subspecies
showy phlox (Phlox speciosa ssp. occidentalis)
Platephotograph · Peter SoroyeCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Subshrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Polemoniaceae Juss.
Genus
Phlox
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native

§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.

§4Montana distribution

Recorded in 1 of 56 Montana counties.

Native · 1 counties

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/PHSPO ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/6394352 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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