Phlox identification

[Gerdk]

I received this Phlox decades ago from my late friend Bernd Wetzel.
Unfortunately the plant was never identified.
When I remember well the species was collected either in Western Canada or
in the Western States of the US.
I would be glad if there will be some help from someone who is more familiar with
the Phlox family than I am.

Gerd

[Will Itsell]

Looks very like 'Kelly's Eye' to me.

[Maggi Young]

Phlox douglasii 'Kelly’s Eye' ?
Photo by Potterton's  Nursery ..looking a  little  pale  ....     www.pottertons.co.uk

[Gerdk]

Thank you Maggi & Will,

Kelly's Eye seems very likely. I also noted the similarity but I guessed that the plant was found in
the wild and not a cultivar.
So, it might be my friend either gave me the cultivar mentioned or he found this variation occuring naturally.


Anyway Phlox douglasii seems to be correct!


Gerd