phlox family

Noun
  1. A widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales;
    Often have showy flowers (synset 112829693)
    is a type of: asterid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
    member holonym:
    • genus polemonium - type genus of the Polemoniaceae
    • genus phlox - herbaceous to shrubby evergreen or deciduous annuals or perennials, diffuse (spreading) or caespitose (tufted or matted); from Alaska and western Canada to Mexico
    • genus linanthus, linanthus - a genus of herbs of the family Polemoniaceae; found in western United States
    belongs to: order polemoniales, polemoniales - Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales
    same as: family polemoniaceae, polemoniaceae

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