Polemoniaceae
Creeping phlox
Phlox stolonifera
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Phlox
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 匐地天蓝绣球
- English
- Creeping phlox
- Finnish
- Rönsyleimu
- Japanese
- ツルハナシノブ
- Malayalam
- ഫ്ലോക്സ് സ്റ്റോളോണിഫേറ
- Polish
- Floks rozłogowy, Płomyk rozłogowy
- Swedish
- Krypflox
- Ukrainian
- Флокс повзучий
Synonyms
- Armeria reptans (Michx.) Kuntze
- Phlox crassifolia G.Lodd.
- Phlox obovata Muhl. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Phlox prostrata Ait. ex Sweet
- Phlox reptans Michx.
- Phlox reptans var. crassifolia (D.Don) G.Don
- Phlox stolonifera f. violacea Peattie
- Phlox stolonifera var. crassifolia (Lodd.) D.Don
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 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.