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Definition of Phlox bifida
1. Noun. Low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States.
Group relationships: Genus Phlox
Generic synonyms: Phlox
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phlox Bifida
Literary usage of Phlox bifida
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Course in Botany: With Especial Reference to Its Bearings on by Eliza Frances Andrews (1911)
"phlox bifida (p. 108). n. Leaves broader than linear, or if linear, corolla lobes
not bifid. 0. Flowers in pyramidal or ellipsoid panicles; stems strictly ..."
2. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"The plant is very much like phlox bifida in appearance, the principal difference
being that the corolla lobes of P. bifida are cleft down to the middle ..."
3. A Spring Flora for High Schools by Henry Chandler Cowles, John Gaylord Coulter (1915)
"phlox bifida (p. 1o8). n. Leaves broader than linear, or if linear, corolla lobes
not bifid. o. Flowers in pyramidal or ellipsoid panicles; stems strictly ..."