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Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata		  
Family Phlox   (Polemoniaceae)
Bloom Spring, Summer
Habitat Wet, shade, deciduous woods
Status Native
Cycle Perennial
Height 10-20"
Flower Flat clusters of pale blue flowers.  Individual flowers 1" wide are made of 5 petals fused together at the base into a tube.
Leaf Opposite, long and narrow and somewhat hairy.  Only a few leaves on a plant.
Notes Stems are sticky and hairy.

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