Polemoniaceae
Thickleaf phlox
Phlox carolina
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Phlox
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 厚叶天蓝绣球
- English
- Thickleaf phlox
Synonyms
- Phlox caldriana Court. ex Steud.
- Phlox carolina subsp. alta Wherry
- Phlox carolina subsp. angusta Wherry
- Phlox carolina subsp. heterophylla Wherry
- Phlox carolina subsp. turritella Wherry
- Phlox carolina subsp. typica Wherry
- Phlox carolina var. angusta (Wherry) D.B.Ward
- Phlox carolina var. heterophylla Wherry
- Phlox carolina var. nitida (Pursh) Benth.
- Phlox carolina var. puberula Benth.
- Phlox caroliniana Hill
- Phlox coldryana Paxton
- Phlox glaberrima subvar. angustissima Brand
- Phlox heterophylla P.Beauv. ex Brand
- Phlox listoniana Sweet
- Phlox nitida Pursh
- Phlox ovata f. carolina (L.) Voss
- Phlox shepherdii Penny ex Sweet
- Phlox suffruticosa Vent.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.