Polemoniaceae
Fall phlox
Phlox paniculata
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Phlox
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Common names
By language (23)
- Arabic
- قبس عثكولي
- Armenian
- Բոցենի հուրանավոր
- arz
- قبس عثكولى
- Belarusian
- Флёкс мяцёлчаты
- Chinese
- 天蓝绣球, 天藍綉球, 福禄考, 宿根福禄考, 草夹竹桃, 锥花福禄考
- Czech
- Plamenka latnatá
- English
- Fall phlox
- Estonian
- Aed-leeklill
- Finnish
- Syysleimu, Syysleimukukka
- German
- Hoher Stauden-Phlox, Rispige Flammenblume, Stauden-Phlox
- hsb
- Lětnja płomjenjowka
- Hungarian
- Lángvirág
- Japanese
- クサキョウチクトウ
- Korean
- 풀협죽도
- Malayalam
- ഫ്ലോക്സ് പാനിക്കുലേറ്റ
- Persian
- فلوکس باغچهای
- Polish
- Floks wiechowaty, Płomyk wiechowaty
- Russian
- Флокс метельчатый
- Slovak
- Flox metlinatý
- Slovenian
- Grozdasta plamenka
- Swedish
- Höstflox, Polemonium paniculata
- Turkish
- Bahçe Alev Çiçeği, Bahçe Floksu, Yaz Floksu
- Welsh
- Fflocsen
Synonyms
- Armeria paniculata (L.) Kuntze
- Phlox acuminata Pursh
- Phlox acutifolia Sweet
- Phlox americana hort. ex Sweet
- Phlox atrocaulis hort. ex W.H.Baxter
- Phlox brevifolia Baum. ex Hoffmanns.
- Phlox bridgesii hort. ex Marnock
- Phlox broughtonii hort.
- Phlox brownii Salm-Dyck
- Phlox brownii Hort.Angl. ex F.Hässl.
- Phlox canescens Salm-Dyck
- Phlox clarkioides Poit.
- Phlox cordata Elliott
- Phlox corymbosa hort. ex Sweet
- Phlox cruenta Curt. ex Steud.
- Phlox decussata Lyon ex Pursh
- Phlox disticha Sabine ex Sweet
- Phlox divergens Wender.
- Phlox elata Penny ex G.Don
- Phlox ingramiana hort. ex Loudon
- Phlox ingrum Booth ex Bosse
- Phlox intermedia Lodd. ex Sweet
- Phlox laeta Penny ex G.Don
- Phlox macrophylla Court. ex Steud.
- Phlox missourica Salm-Dyck
- Phlox omniflora hort. ex W.H.Baxter
- Phlox paniculata var. acuminata (Pursh) A.Gray
- Phlox paniculata var. laxiflora Brand
- Phlox philadelphica hort. ex Steud.
- Phlox pulchella hort. ex W.H.Baxter
- Phlox scabra Sweet
- Phlox sickmannii Lehm.
- Phlox thomsoniana Bosse
- Phlox thomsonii Court. ex Steud.
- Phlox tigrina Wender.
- Phlox undulata Aiton
- Phlox vernoniana hort. ex W.H.Baxter
- Phlox virginica Lodd. ex Sweet
- Phlox wheeleri Bosse
- Phlox wheeleriana Sweet
Flowers
- In flower
- July to October (from 2,529 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sergei Maslov, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Brad McLeod, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anne Parker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DenesFeri, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DenesFeri, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robbie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: DenesFeri, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: scott_young, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Abraham, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.