| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox amoena | Hairy Phlox, Chalice Phlox | Dry woodlands and forests, roadbanks, longleaf pine sandhills. | W. North Carolina west to s. Kentucky, south to Panhandle Florida and Mississippi. |  (c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox amplifolia | Broadleaf Phlox | Moist forests, particularly over mafic or calcareous rocks. | W. Virginia west to s. Indiana and se. Missouri, south to w. North Carolina, Alabama, and n. Arkansas. |  (c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox bifida | Ten-point Phlox, Cleft Phlox, Sand Phlox, Starry Phlox | Cliffs, rock outcrops, dry rocky or sandy sites. | Michigan west to Minnesota, south to c. Tennessee and n. Arkansas. |  (c) Cressler, Alan M. |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox buckleyi | Swordleaf Phlox, Shale-barren Phlox | Shale woodlands and woodland edges, shaley roadbanks. | Endemic to w. Virginia and e. West Virginia. |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox carolina | Carolina Phlox, Thick-leaf Phlox, Giant Phlox | Forests, woodlands, woodland borders, barrens. | Virginia, West Virginia, Illinois and Missouri south to s. Georgia, Panhandle Florida, s. Alabama, s. Mississippi, se. Louisiana and e. Texas. |  (c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox cuspidata | Slender Annual Phlox | Prairies and open woodlands. | Ne. and nc. Oklahoma south to w. Louisiana, e., se., and c. Texas. |  © Adam Black |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox divaricata | Eastern Blue Phlox, Timber Phlox | Moist deciduous forests in circumneutral soils. | Vermont and Québec west to Minnesota, south to e. North Carolina, Georgia, Panhandle Florida, and Texas. | |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox divaricata var. divaricata | Eastern Blue Phlox | Moist deciduous forests in circumneutral soils. | Vermont and Québec west to Michigan, south to e. North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, Georgia, c. Kentucky, and w. Indiana and extreme e. Illinois. |  (c) Marcum, Paul |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox divaricata var. laphamii | Western Blue Phlox | Rich, moist soils of forests and open woodlands. | W. Georgia, c. Tennessee, wc. Kentucky, w. Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and se. South Dakota south to Florida Panhandle, s. Alabama, s. Mississippi, s. Louisiana, and se. Texas. |  (c) Marcum, Paul |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox drummondii var. drummondii | Wilcox Phlox | Open areas. | Endemic to se. Texas. | |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox drummondii var. mcallisteri | McAllister's Phlox | Prairies. | Sc. Oklahoma south to c. Texas. | |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox drummondii var. peregrina | Annual Phlox, Drummond Phlox | Dry sandy soils of roadsides, fields, disturbed areas. | S. Oklahoma south to s. Texas, eastwards as an escape from horticultural use. |  (c) Radford, Ahles and Bell |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox drummondii var. tharpii | Tharp's Phlox | S. Texas. | ||
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox floridana | Florida Phlox | Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, hammocks, limestone glade margins. | Sw. Georgia and se. Alabama south to Florida Panhandle and nw. peninsular Florida, west to s. Mississippi. |  (c) Cressler, Alan M. |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox glaberrima | Smooth Phlox | Wet forests and woodlands, especially bottomlands. | Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Missouri south to Panhandle Florida, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. |  (c) Cressler, Alan M. |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox glabriflora | Rio Grande Phlox |  © Adam Black | ||
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox lighthipei | Lighthipe's Phlox | Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry to moist sandy soils. | S. South Carolina south to n. Florida, west to s. Alabama. |  (c) Powell, Eric M - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox littoralis | Rio Grande Phlox |  (c) Finzel, Brian - CC-BY-SA | ||
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox maculata ssp. maculata | Northern Meadow Phlox | Moist forests and openings. | S. Québec west to Minnesota, south to c. North Carolina, Kentucky, and Iowa. |  (c) Kuhn, Will - CC-BY |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox maculata ssp. pyramidalis | Leafy Meadow Phlox | Moist forests and openings. | Pennsylvania, Ohio, s. Indiana, and se. Missouri, south to North Carolina, n. Georgia, and Tennessee. |  (c) Breeden, Cooper - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox nivalis ssp. hentzii | Trailing Phlox | Rock outcrops, thin soils of rocky woodlands, roadbanks. | Sc. Virginia west to n. Alabama, south to c. peninsular Florida and s. Alabama. |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox nivalis ssp. nivalis | Pineland Phlox | Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands, roadbanks. | Nc. North Carolina south to Panhandle Florida. |  (c) Weakley, Alan |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox nivalis ssp. texensis | Pineywoods Phlox | Dry sandy longleaf pine woodlands. | Endemic to e. Texas. |  (c) Hill, Sonnia |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox oklahomensis | Prairie-star Phlox, Oklahoma Phlox | Post oak woodlands. | S. Kansas to nc. Texas. "Known from a 1958 collection from oak woodland 4 miles E of Garland, Dallas County (Taylor & Taylor, 1980; Tyrl et al., 1978)" (Carr 2016). | |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox ovata | Mountain Phlox, Appalachian Phlox, Allegheny Phlox | Moist forests, woodlands, woodland borders, and barrens. | Pennsylvania to North Carolina and ne. Tennessee in the Appalachians; disjunct in Ohio and Indiana |  (c) Cressler, Alan M. |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox paniculata | Garden Phlox | Streambanks, moist forests, woodlands, and woodland borders. | S. New York west to Illinois and Missouri, south to e. North Carolina, w. South Carolina, n. Georgia, n. Mississippi, and Arkansas. |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox pilosa | ||||
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox pilosa ssp. deamii | Deam’s Phlox | Dry upland woods and barrens. | S. Indiana south through w. Kentucky to w. Tennessee. |  (c) Littlefield, Tara Rose - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox pilosa ssp. detonsa | Gulf Coast Phlox | Dry woodlands. | Panhandle Florida west to e. Texas. |  (c) Martineau, Nate - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida | Meadows, open woodlands. | N. Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and e. North Dakota south to s. Illinois, c. Arkansas, e. Oklahoma. |  (c) Marcum, Paul | |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox pilosa ssp. latisepala | Grasslands and woodlands over limestone. | Endemic to Edwards Plateau and vicinity, Texas. | ||
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox pilosa ssp. ozarkana | Ozark Phlox | Glades, savannas, woodlands, disturbed areas. | Missouri and se. Kansas south through e. Oklahoma and Arkansas to n. Louisiana; disjunct east of the Mississippi River from c. Tennessee south to c. Georgia and c. Alabama. |  (c) Brasher, Jay - CC-BY |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox pilosa ssp. pilosa | Downy Phlox | Dry to mesic woodlands and forests, roadbanks. | Pennsylvania west to se. North Dakota, south to Georgia and c. Texas. |  (c) Schmid, Samuel A. - CC-BY |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox pilosa ssp. pulcherrima | Lundell's Phlox | Longleaf pine savannas, prairies. | E. Tx and perhaps w. Louisiana. | |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox pilosa ssp. riparia | Plateau Phlox | Talus slopes, gravelly areas. | S. Oklahoma south to c. and wc. Texas. | |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox pulchra | Alabama Phlox | River banks and bluffs. | Endemic to c. Alabama (Bibb, Jackson, Jefferson, Pike, Shelby, and Walker counties). |  (c) Cressler, Alan M. |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox roemeriana | Goldeye Phlox, Roemer's Phlox | Rocky limestone slopes, prairies. | C. and wc. Texas, only slightly extending east into the Cross Timbers. | |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox stolonifera | Creeping Phlox | Moist forests. | Pennsylvania and s. Ohio south to w. North Carolina, n. Georgia, and e. Tennessee, essentially a Southern and Central Appalachian endemic. |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox subulata | Moss Phlox, Mountain-pink, Moss-pink | Dry and exposed rock outcrops, rocky flood-scoured riversides, dry woodlands over a wide variety of rocks, shale barrens. | New York and Ohio south to w. North Carolina and Tennessee; escaped or naturalized more widely from horticultural use. |  (c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |