This section is from the book "Who's Who Among The Wild Flowers", by W. I. Beecroft. Also available from Amazon: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.
Phlox divaricata.
Polemonium Family. May - June.
Plant 1 - 2 feet high, easily recognized by its likeness to the cultivated Phloxes; found in moist, thin woods. Western Quebec to Minnesota and southward.
Pale violet or lilac, in loose, spreading clusters, 5 lobes, notched at the tips.
Those of flowering stem opposite, oblong, tapering to a point; those of sterile shoots oblong or egg-shaped, not pointed. Plant stem finely coated with rather sticky hairs.
 
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