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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Phlox divaricata''
| image = Phlox divaricata.png
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = [[Polemoniaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Phlox]]''
| species = '''''P. divaricata'''''
| binomial = ''Phlox divaricata''
| binomial_authority = [[John Sims|Sims]]
}}
'''''Phlox divaricata''''' ('''Wild phlox''', '''Wild blue phlox''', '''Woodland phlox''' or '''Wild Sweet William''') is a [[flowering plant]] in the genus ''[[Phlox]]''. It is native to forests and fields in the eastern [[United States]] and [[Canada]], ranging from [[Canada]] in the north, [[Florida]] in the south, [[Texas]] in the west and [[Quebec]] and [[New England]] in the east.
Wild phlox grows 25-50 cm tall with opposite, unstalked [[leaves]] 2.5-5 cm in length. The [[flower]]s are produced in early spring, 2-4 cm in diameter, with the five-lobed [[corolla]] a pale bluish violet or purple in color.<br clear = left>
==External links==
*[http://www.missouriplants.com/Blueopp/Phlox_divaricata_page.html Missouri Plants: ''Phlox divaricata'']
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Phlox divaricata''
| image = Phlox divaricata.png
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = [[Polemoniaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Phlox]]''
| species = '''''P. divaricata'''''
| binomial = ''Phlox divaricata''
| binomial_authority = [[John Sims|Sims]]
}}
'''''Phlox divaricata''''' ('''Wild phlox''', '''Wild blue phlox''', '''Woodland phlox''' or '''Wild Sweet William''') is a [[flowering plant]] in the genus ''[[Phlox]]''. It is native to forests and fields in the eastern [[United States]] and [[Canada]], ranging from [[Canada]] in the north, [[Florida]] in the south, [[Texas]] in the west and [[Quebec]] and [[New England]] in the east.
Wild phlox grows 25-50 cm tall with opposite, unstalked [[leaves]] 2.5-5 cm in length. The [[flower]]s are produced in early spring, 2-4 cm in diameter, with the five-lobed [[corolla]] a pale bluish violet or purple in color.<br clear = left>
==External links==
*[http://www.missouriplants.com/Blueopp/Phlox_divaricata_page.html Missouri Plants: ''Phlox divaricata'']
