Phlox condensata is a species of phlox known by the common name dwarf phlox. It is native to the western United States including eastern California, Nevada, and Colorado, where it grows in rocky, mountainous areas. It is a very compact mat-forming perennial herb growing in patches often less than a centimeter tall. The toothlike lance-shaped leaves are no more than half a centimeter long and lined with stiff hairs. The inflorescence is a solitary tubular flower up to a centimeter long with a flat white or pale pink corolla.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Phlox condensata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences8
eDNA detections1
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Phlox condensata voucher ID:169252 internal transcribed spacer 1, partial sequence; 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and large subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK5★ITS3
plant barcodefungal barcode
07Deep time~5.57 Ma lineage
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin5.57 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 174 records
Wild obs. + sensor791
Museum / vouchered383
Origin
Native1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 072 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy90% within 1 km
≤100 m 458≤1 km 79≤10 km 44>10 km 17
598 georeferenced · 193 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor791
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy66% within 1 km
≤100 m 34≤1 km 114≤10 km 73>10 km 4
225 georeferenced · 158 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence383
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions32 of 45 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Denver, US
44
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
39
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
33
Davis, US
32
Albuquerque, US
24
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record
23
Riverside, US
22
Claremont, US
19
Missoula, US
18
Caldwell, US
16
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
9
Santa Barbara, US
8
CASlocation not on record
8
Moscow, US
5
Durango, US
4
Bronx, US
3
Pocatello, US
3
Boise, US
3
Emporia, US
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
3
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
3
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
2
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
2
San Jose, US
2
Northridge, US
2
Provo, US
2
Turlock, US
2
Flagstaff, US
2
San Luis Obispo, US
2
WTUlocation not on record
1
Corvallis, US
1
Wuzhou, CN
1
Logan, US
1
San Diego, US
1
Cheney, US
1
Los Angeles, US
1
Arcata, US
1
US
1
BAYLUlocation not on record
1
INFlocation not on record
1
EL PASO, US
1
Bloomington, US
1
ASUlocation not on record
1
San Francisco, US
1
Grand Junction, US
1
45 institutions · 354 of 383 vouchered records shown · 29 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Phlox condensata was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found1
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 174 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗