Phlox (/ˈflɒks/; Ancient Greek: φλόξ "flame"; plural "phlox" or "phloxes", Ancient Greek: φλόγεςphlóges) is a genus of 68 species of perennial and annual plants in the family Polemoniaceae. They are found mostly in North America (one in Siberia) in diverse habitats from alpine tundra to open woodland and prairie. Some flower in spring, others in summer and fall. Flowers may be pale blue, violet, pink, bright red, or white. Many are fragrant.
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Phlox (/ˈflɒks/; Ancient Greek: φλόξ "flame"; plural "phlox" or "phloxes", Ancient Greek: φλόγες phlóges) is a genus of 68 species of perennial and annual...
Phlox stolonifera (creeping phlox or moss phlox) is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae. It is a perennial herbaceous plant that...
Phlox subulata the creeping phlox, moss phlox, moss pink or mountain phlox, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae, native to eastern...
Phlox divaricata, the wild blue phlox, woodland phlox, or wild sweet william, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae, native to forests...
color. Another name for this color is phlox, as it is the color of the phlox flower. The first recorded use of phlox as a color name in English was in 1918...
regions. Common names include fall phlox, garden phlox, perennial phlox, summer phlox, and panicled phlox. Phlox paniculata is an erect herbaceous perennial...
Creeping phlox is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Phlox stolonifera Phlox subulata This page is an index of articles on plant species...
Moss phlox is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Phlox stolonifera Phlox subulata This page is an index of articles on plant species (or...
Phlox drummondii (commonly annual phlox or Drummond's phlox) is a flowering plant in the genus Phlox of the family Polemoniaceae. Native to Texas, it is...
Marsh phlox may refer to several species in the genus Phlox: Phlox glaberrima, also called smooth phlox Especially Phlox glaberrima subsp. interior, the...
Phlox douglasii, common name tufted phlox or Columbia phlox, is a species of perennial herb belonging to the family Polemoniaceae. In the past it has...
Phlox ovata (syn. Phlox latifolia), the Allegheny phlox, mountain phlox, or wideflower phlox, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae...
Woodland phlox is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Phlox adsurgens, native to western North America Phlox divaricata, native to eastern...
phlox is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Phlox austromontana, native to the southwestern United States and Baja California Phlox subulata...
Phlox amoena, commonly called hairy phlox, is a flowering plant in the phlox family. It is native to the Southeastern United States where it is found in...
Phlox stansburyi is a species of phlox known by the common names cold-desert phlox and pink phlox. It is native to the southwestern United States from...
Phlox pilosa, the downy phlox or prairie phlox, is an herbaceous plant in the family Polemoniaceae. It is native to eastern North America, where it is...
USS Phlox was a steamer commissioned by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She served the Union Navy's struggle against the Confederate States...
Phlox bifida, commonly known as cleft phlox or sand phlox, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the Polemoniaceae (phlox) family that is native to the central...
Phlox roemeriana, the goldeneye phlox, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae, native to Texas. There it is found only on dry limestone...
Phlox maculata, commonly called meadow phlox, as well as wild sweet William and marsh phlox, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae...
Phlox hoodii, the spiny phlox or carpet phlox, is a species of phlox. It is a plant of western North America, where it is a common flower in sagebrush...
Hairy phlox is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Phlox amoena, native to the southeastern United States Phlox hirsuta, native to Siskiyou...
Phlox diffusa is a species of phlox known by the common name spreading phlox. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to the southwestern...
The Polemoniaceae (Jacob's-ladder or phlox family) are a family of flowering plants consisting of about 27 genera with 270–400 species of annuals and...
handwriting). Thus the binomial name of the annual phlox (named after botanist Thomas Drummond) is now written as Phlox drummondii. Often, after a species name is...
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