The amazing things I learn every day!
In person, these two flowers look
very similar, trust me:
Hesperis matronalis - aka Sweet Rocket, Dame's
Rocket, etc
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilX19BM1rM1fSe87r2-tff98u0ZjmfMWffx1EGrTv8Arkq40dlSBYSvgmdBxcB987O_c-uyqG25KIULdDs1wDvqMOcCn4s-_G0VyFMatZO5UYeHqs-3YD87NcwKaDbJqGM1zMl5Q/s320/temp_hesperis_flower.jpg)
vs Phlox aka ... umm... Phlox.
I guess it gets enough puns
about "flocks and flocks" of them without making things worse by giving it a
nickname.
In person, these two flowers look
very similar, trust me:
Hesperis matronalis - aka Sweet Rocket, Dame's
Rocket, etc
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilX19BM1rM1fSe87r2-tff98u0ZjmfMWffx1EGrTv8Arkq40dlSBYSvgmdBxcB987O_c-uyqG25KIULdDs1wDvqMOcCn4s-_G0VyFMatZO5UYeHqs-3YD87NcwKaDbJqGM1zMl5Q/s320/temp_hesperis_flower.jpg)
vs Phlox aka ... umm... Phlox.
I guess it gets enough puns
about "flocks and flocks" of them without making things worse by giving it a
nickname.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRI-QBiHZzDZf5AM9vkHDWd51bGpWP_4L7Zd9Wp8Bdy2ORu35kijr5Jb1ZiqRQe5ZOddxUYfsFacxIpnr91Re978O1PrxhImqK6JPxAR1SGeI3QuWDU-qDp-GToZdB_IJ-c0Ioaw/s320/temp_phlox_flowers.jpg)
Anyway, they look nothing alike here, but here's a
quick answer to my question from a poster on YouGrowGirl forums:
it's not a phlox. there's an easy way to tell: hesperis flowers have fourSo there it is.
petals (crucifer family) phlox flowers have five petals (polemonia family)
It's a Hesperis. Kind of anticlimactic, actually...
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