One Flower, One Place: Spotlight on Missoula Phlox – Missoula

Tuesday, March 10, 2026, from 6 – 8 pm in the Balsamroot Conference Room, 1st floor of the Exploration Center at the Missoula fairgrounds

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Dr. Meredith Zettlemoyer will be sharing her research on our beloved Missoula Phlox (Phlox missoulensis). Learn the history of this adorable, inconspicuous plant, and what you can do to protect it!

Nestled in the windswept, arid ridges of Missoula’s North Hills grows an endemic wildflower found nowhere else on Earth. Learn how it survives, reproduces, and fits into its ecological and evolutionary neighborhood. We will discuss the remarkable floral diversity of this species, its population health, how it’s related to similar species, and how it interacts with the local plant and pollinator community. By understanding Missoula phlox’s evolution and ecology, we hope to help guide conservation for this rare species and the unique ecosystem it depends upon.