Phlox longifolia
Longleaf Phlox

Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox family)

Photo taken near Fancher Heights- East Wenatchee, in dry open sandy area

Flowers:

white to pinkish; intercostal membranes of the calyx strongly and permanently carinate toward the base; style elongate, 4 to 10 mm, several times as long as the stigmas

Leaves:

linear or nearly so, not greater than 5 mm wide; herbage glabrous to glandular or hairy

Plant:

more or less erect, 5 to 40 cm tall. Decoction of root given to children for stomachaches by the Paiute, Shoshoni, and Havasupai. Infusion of whole plant given to 'anemic' children by the Okanagan-Colville.

Habitat:

dry, often rocky places from lowlands to middle elevations, occasionally at high elevations in the mountains

Distribution of species:

widespread east Cascades

Distribution of genus:

more or less 60 species: America, Siberia