Polemoniaceae
Moss phlox
Phlox subulata
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Phlox
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Common names
By language (15)
- arz
- فلوكس سوبولاتا
- Chinese
- 丛生福禄考, 欉生福禄考, 二裂天蓝绣球, 针叶天蓝绣球
- Czech
- Plamenka šídlovitá
- English
- Moss phlox
- Finnish
- Sammalleimu
- German
- Polster-Phlox, Polsterphlox
- Greek
- Έρπουσα φλόξα
- Japanese
- シバザクラ, ハナツメクサ, 芝桜
- Korean
- 꽃잔디
- Malayalam
- ഫ്ലോക്സ് സുബുലേറ്റ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vårfloks
- Polish
- Floks szydlasty, Płomyk szydlasty
- Swedish
- Mossflox
- Turkish
- Dağ Alev Çiçeği, Yosun Floksu, Dağ Floksu
- Uzbek
- Flox subulata
Synonyms
- Armeria subulata (L.) Kuntze
- Phlox aristata Lodd.
- Phlox brittonii Small
- Phlox setacea L.
- Phlox setacea var. subulata (L.) H.Jaeger
- Phlox subulata f. albiflora Britton
- Phlox subulata f. australis (Wherry) Fernald
- Phlox subulata f. candidula House
- Phlox subulata f. subulata
- Phlox subulata subsp. australis Wherry
- Phlox subulata subsp. brittonii (Small) Wherry
- Phlox subulata subsp. eu-subulata Brand
- Phlox subulata subsp. setacea (L.) Locklear
- Phlox subulata var. australis Wherry
- Phlox subulata var. brittonii Wherry
- Phlox subulata var. ciliata Wherry
- Phlox subulata var. ciliata Brand
- Phlox subulata var. latifolia Benth.
- Phlox subulata var. setacea (L.) Brand
- Phlox subulata var. subulata
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ursus sapien, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: dali66, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ryan Schreiber, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Daniel Halabica, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Lucie Štěrbová, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: romana, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: David Johnson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: David Johnson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Noland Aull, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Henrich Jajcay, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Tomas Barton, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.