. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory, vol. 9. Botany; Botany. 24 PROCEEDINGS OF THE Bartonia, No. 13 Plate 5 \. Fig. 2. Distribution of Phlox hucMeyi, 9. Phlox buckleyi Wherry. Sword-leap Phlox. Plate 5. History.âThis highly distinct species was collected by S. B. Buckley at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, in June, 1838, but lay unnoticed in his herbarium for 80 years. It was rediscovered at the same place by Miss Marian S. Franklin of Lewisburg about 1919, and several new stations were located in 1929, encouraging its description and naming.^ Geography,âAt the time the species
. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory, vol. 9. Botany; Botany. 24 PROCEEDINGS OF THE Bartonia, No. 13 Plate 5 \. Fig. 2. Distribution of Phlox hucMeyi, 9. Phlox buckleyi Wherry. Sword-leap Phlox. Plate 5. History.âThis highly distinct species was collected by S. B. Buckley at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, in June, 1838, but lay unnoticed in his herbarium for 80 years. It was rediscovered at the same place by Miss Marian S. Franklin of Lewisburg about 1919, and several new stations were located in 1929, encouraging its description and naming.^ Geography,âAt the time the species was described six lo- calities were known, equally divided between Virginia and West Virginia. An additional one has since been found, but the plant remains the most restricted endemic of all our eastern Phloxes, as brought out in the map herewith. Virginia: Now known in iL^two counties, Alleghany' and â ^^^â ""**^ West Virginia: Found thus far only in Greenbrier' Co. Ecology.âThe chief reason for the geographic restriction of this species is seemingly its requirement for a special type of habitat, for in all seven known localities it grows in a gravelly soil derived from a particularly slabby Devonian shale. It is, however, not a pioneer on shale-slopes, being unable to come in until after a thin woodland cover has de- veloped and the soil has become rich in subacid humus. The denser shade of climax forests is also unfavorable to it, and it dies out as they mature. Its thick narrow persistent leaves lead to its classification as moderately xerophytic. The bloom- ing period extends from mid-May to mid-June, the bright phlox-purple flowers attracting insects as do those of the preceding species. Variation.âOnly minor variations, of nutritional origin, have been observed. Cultivation.âThe difficulty of matching the native habitat conditions of this plant is likely to prevent its ever being much cultivated. 1 Journ. Wash. Acad. Sci. 20: 25. Please not
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