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Phlox paniculata L. - Polemoniaceae - garden phlox, Hoher Stauden-Phlox
Perennial herb, 50-120cm high, native to eastern North America, along rivers and open woods, extensively cultivated as ornamental.
http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PHPA9
„The flowers, 1.5–2.5cm in diameter, often fragrant, are white, pink, red, or purple, and borne in summer through fall (autumn). The flowers are grouped in panicles, hence the specific epithet paniculata.“
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlox_paniculata
Scent emission analysis of P.paniculata flowers showed the benzenoids benzaldehyde (14-91 ng/hr/flower), 2-phenylacetaldehyde (14-61 ng/hr/flower) and methyl eugenol (11-47 ng/hr/flower) as main constituents, together with (E)-β-ocimene (13-28 ng/hr/flower). Other components were linalool, lilac aldehyde A, lilac aldehyde B, 2-phenyl acetonitrile, eugenol and methyl isoeugenol as well as nonanal and decanal.
[Floral odor bouquet loses its ant repellent properties after inhibition of terpene biosynthesis., Junker, R.R., Gershenzon, J., Unsicker, S.B., Journal of chemical ecology, 37(12), 2011, 1323-1331]
Step,E., Bois,D., Favourite flowers of garden and greenhouse, vol.3 t 185 (1896-1897) [D.G.J.M. Bois]
http://plantgenera.org/species.php?id_species=780349
