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Phlox
drummondii Hook.
Synonym
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Armeria drummondii
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Family
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Polemoniaceae
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Local name
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English
- Annual
Phlox
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Flowering and fruiting period
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Throughout the year
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Distribution
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Native of tropical America
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Distribution in kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Grown as garden plant
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Endemic/Exotic
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Exotic
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Uses
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Ornamental
purpose
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Key
Botanical Characters :
Erect, annual herb;
branchlets viscid, villous. Leaves alternate, lanceolate,membranous, sessile, base obtuse, apex acute. Cymes terminal or in upper
axils, leafy. Calyx tubular,
narrow, recurved in fruit. Corolla salver-form, rose or white,
villous outside, longer than calyx, imbricate. Stamens 5, included,
subequal.
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