Phlox subulata
| Moss phlox | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Polemoniaceae |
| Subfamily: | Polemonioideae |
| Genus: | Phlox |
| Species: | P. subulata |
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Phlox subulata L. |
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Phlox subulata (creeping phlox, moss phlox,moss pink, or mountain phlox) is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae, native to eastern and central USA, and widely cultivated. Growing to 15 cm (6 in) high and covering a 50 cm (20 in) wide area, it is an evergreen perennial forming mats or cushions of hairy, linear leaves. The small, five-petaled flowers bloom in rose, mauve, blue, white, or pink in late spring to early summer.
The Latin specific epithet subulata means awl- or needle-shaped.
The odor given off by the plants is mistaken for that of marijuana.
The cultivar 'McDaniel's Cushion' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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