POLEMONIACEAE - Phlox Family
Annual and perennial herbs
Leaves opposite or alternate, simple or compound
Flowers bisexual,
actinomorphic, large and showy, in a variety of inflorescences
Fruit a capsule 
18 genera, 300 species
Members of this family attract a wide array of pollinators and the
pollination biology and life histories of a number of taxa in this
family have been determined
Economic importance: ornamentals
Medicinal uses -
Diagnostic characteristics: Flowers showy, 5-merous, 3 fused
carpels is unusual in Asteridae
Ipomopsis rubra is a
member of this family and is arguably the most spectacular wildflower
in the Texas flora.
IMAGE GALLERY
FLOWERING
PLANT GATEWAY