phlox family
Polemoniaceae
The Polemoniaceae are a family (Jacob's-ladder or phlox family) of about 25 genera with 270-400 species of annual and perennial plants, native to the Northern Hemisphere and South America, with the center of diversity in western North America, especially in California.
27 branches of this family, most-observed first

phloxes
genusPhlox

Jacob's ladders
genusPolemonium

Skyrockets
genusIpomopsis

Gilias
genusGilia

Leptosiphon
genusLeptosiphon

Pincushion plants
genusNavarretia

trumpets
genusCollomia

Linanthus
genusLinanthus

Woollystars
genusEriastrum

Microsteris
genusMicrosteris

Cantua
genusCantua

Loeselia
genusLoeselia

Aliciella
genusAliciella

Loeseliastrum
genusLoeseliastrum

Giliastrum
genusGiliastrum

Langloisia
genusLangloisia

Allophyllum
genusAllophyllum

Cobaea
genusCobaea

Saltugilia
genusSaltugilia

Bonplandia
genusBonplandia

Gymnosteris
genusGymnosteris

Dayia
genusDayia

Acanthogilia
genusAcanthogilia

Microgilia
genusMicrogilia

Lathrocasis
genusLathrocasis

Bryantiella
genusBryantiella
Maculigilia
genusMaculigilia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48932.