Polemoniaceae
Smooth phlox
Phlox glaberrima
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Phlox
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- قبس أمرط
- Chinese
- 光滑天藍繡球, 光滑天蓝绣球
- English
- Smooth phlox
Synonyms
- Armeria glaberrima (L.) Kuntze
- Phlox altissima Moench
- Phlox carnea Sims
- Phlox carolina subsp. altissima (Moench) Wherry
- Phlox carolina subsp. triflora (Michx.) Wherry
- Phlox carolina var. altissima (Moench) Wherry
- Phlox carolina var. triflora (Michx.) Wherry
- Phlox glaberrima subsp. glaberrima
- Phlox glaberrima subsp. interior (Wherry) Wherry
- Phlox glaberrima subsp. triflora (Michx.) Wherry
- Phlox glaberrima var. glaberrima
- Phlox glaberrima var. interior Wherry
- Phlox glaberrima var. melampyrifolia Wherry
- Phlox glaberrima var. suffruticosa (Willd.) A.Gray
- Phlox glaberrima var. triflora (Michx.) Reveal & C.R.Broome
- Phlox melampyrifolia Salisb.
- Phlox revoluta Aikin ex A.Gray
- Phlox suffruticosa Willd.
- Phlox triflora Michx.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 83 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter Chen 2.0, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kaden Slone, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carol Ann McCormick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mike B, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mike B, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jeremy Atherton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Trevor Edmonson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: John Abrams, 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.