Phlox ovata (syn. Phlox latifolia), the Allegheny phlox, mountain phlox, or wideflower phlox, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae, native to the eastern United States. A creeping perennial found in open montane woodlands, its taxonomic history has been marked by nomenclatural issues.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Wideflower phlox being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Phlox
- Species
- Phlox ovata
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