Polemoniaceae
Annual phlox
Phlox drummondii
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Phlox
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- قبس دروموندي, فلوكس
- Armenian
- Բոցենի միամյա
- arz
- قبس دروموندى
- Chinese
- 福祿考, 福禄考, 小天蓝绣球, 金山海棠, 金山海滨, 雁来红
- Croatian
- Plameni cvijet
- Czech
- Plamenka Drummondova
- English
- Annual phlox
- Estonian
- Suvi-leeklill
- Finnish
- Kesäleimu
- German
- Einjähriger Phlox, Einjährige Flammenblume, Einjährige Phlox, Sommer-Phlox
- hsb
- Jednolětna płomjenjowka
- Japanese
- キキョウナデシコ, フロックス・ドラモンディ
- Persian
- فلوکس
- Polish
- Floks Drummonda, Płomyk Drummona
- Russian
- Флокс Друммонда
- Swedish
- Sommarflox
Synonyms
- Armeria drummondii (Hook.) Kuntze
- Phlox drummondii subsp. eudrummondii Brand
- Phlox drummondii var. typica Whitehouse
- Polemonium drummondii (Hook.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 383 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Linda Jo Conn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Chet Burrier, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Wes Copas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gouwenaar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gouwenaar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joseph Aubert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lisa Winnett-Pequeno, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cody Stricker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.