Stop in at the Hotel Seville in Harrison AR for a sandwich in the bar. Hotel was built in 1929 and they renovated it a couple years ago. Jasper to the S of Harrison on Rt 7 is another great ride and small town. Full of hills and curves. Buffalo River to the S & E of Harrison has some great canoeing. There is a 225' tall waterfall you can hike into but I swear it's uphill coming and going. Eureka to the W of Harrison is another old town to see with great drives around it and plenty of shops although it has gotten touristy. Bull Shoals Dam and the information center on the hill above the Dam. Bull Shoals Lake, Norfork Lake, the area around Mountain Home AR. Peel Ferry takes you across Bull Shoals Lake from AR into MO. Flippin AR S of Bull Shoals Lake, just so you can say you've been to flippin' Arkansas. The 1850'concrete arch Cotter Bridge over the White River in Cotter AR. Rt 5 S from Mountain Home to Mountain View. It follows White River and has small interesting towns along it. Salem AR W on Rt. 62 out of Mountain Home is another nice drive and quaint town. A lot of these small towns and homes are built using native stone. I love them. North of Salem is Mammoth Springs at MO border. To this desert native it looked like a whole lot of cool clear water just being wasted down a river. In MO just N of Mountain Home AR area are some old mills on rivers or springs. http://www.ozarkmtns.com/milltour The Rockbridge Mill converted the old mill barn into a bar with a wooden patio looking over the stone dam. You can sit there and watch the fishermen catching trout below the dam. On a hot day with the big barn doors open, a cold brew in hand, and a cool breeze off the water it's a hard place to leave. They have weird hours and days they are open so best to call ahead. That North Central AR has a lot of beautiful country. You can google a couple of those names and check them out. What gets a guy from the desert in AZ excited might not be as exciting to a person from the land of real trees and 10,000 lakes. If you happen to be towing a motorcycle I can fix you up with some people that will show you around the back roads of that area. Oh ya, don't forget the little restaurants with their pies, cobblers, and biscuits & gravy. If you don't gain 5 lbs. you're not doing it right.

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I live only an hour away from St. Louis and am a member of the Missouri Botanical Gardens; in fact, I was once a volunteer worker there during college. I was surprised to find this post here in the Far North forum! (I am just a zone 6 lurker who comes here for the great photos.) I just wanted to tell you all that this was an amazing exhibit that has drawn huge crowds to the Garden this year. I have never seen so many people there at one time. I know it is a pretty long way away, but if any of you are ever in this area, you should plan to see MBG. My favorite place in the world!

The best information that I could find is on the Missouri Wildflowers site, where they show P. glaberrima, and two subspecies of P. carolina. Links on all three are provided below. The comments at the end of each summary suggest that the keys are not adequate to confidently separate the species. However, P. glaberrima has narrow and very glossy leaves. P. carolina ssp. angusta also has very narrow leaves. P. carolina ssp. carolina has broader leaves, per the Missouri Wildflowers site, so that is the one that seems most like your photos. Here are the links: Phlox glaberrima Phlox carolina ssp. angusta Phlox carolina ssp. carolina