Phlox carolina ‘Lil Cahaba’ – Thickleaf Phlox

 

Botanical Family Polemoniaceae

Bloom Time March – May

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number <6

Aperture Type Porate

Ornamentation Reticulate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba

Polemonium reptans – Jacob’s Ladder

Botanical Family Polemoniaceae

Bloom Time April – June

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number Inaperturate

Aperture Type N/A

Ornamentation Porate

Tectum Semitectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Phlox carolina ‘Bill Baker’ – Thickleaf Phlox

Botanical Family Polemoniaceae

Bloom Time April – May

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number >6

Aperture Type Porate

Ornamentation Reticulate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 56

Shape Round

Pollen Color

Honey Bee Resources 

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba

Phlox carolina ‘Gypsy Love’ – Thickleaf Phlox

Botanical Family Polemoniaceae

Bloom Time April – May

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number >6

Aperture Type Porate

Ornamentation Reticulate

Tectum Semitectate

Size (um) 51

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

 

Phlox amplifolia – Large Leaf Phlox

Botanical Family Polemoniaceae

Bloom Time April – May

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number >6

Aperture Type Porate

Ornamentation Reticulate

Tectum Semitectate

Size (um) 51

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Phlox ‘Forever Pink’ – Phlox

Botanical Family: Polemoniaceae

Bloom Time April – May

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number >6

Aperture Type Porate

Ornamentation Reticulate

Tectum Semitectate

Size (um) 43

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba

Phlox subulata-Moss Phlox

Botanical Family Polemoniaceae

Bloom Time March – May

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number <6

Aperture Type Porate

Ornamentation Reticulate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color Dark Orange

Honey Bee Resource

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

 

Phlox nivalis – Trailing Phlox

 

Botanical Family Polemoniaceae

Bloom Time April – July

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number Inaperturate

Aperture Type N/A

Ornamentation Reticulate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source