Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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Polemoniaceae | Phlox amoena | Hairy Phlox, Chalice Phlox | Dry woodlands and forests, roadbanks, longleaf pine sandhills. | W. NC west to s. KY, south to Panhandle FL and MS. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox amplifolia | Broadleaf Phlox | Moist forests, particularly over mafic or calcareous rocks. | W. VA west to s. IN and se. MO, south to w. NC, AL, and n. AR. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox bifida | Ten-point Phlox, Cleft Phlox, Sand Phlox, Starry Phlox | Cliffs, rock outcrops, dry rocky or sandy sites. | MI west to MN, south to c. TN and n. AR. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox buckleyi | Swordleaf Phlox, Shale-barren Phlox | Shale woodlands and woodland edges, shaley roadbanks. | Endemic to w. VA and e. WV. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox carolina | Carolina Phlox, Thick-leaf Phlox, Giant Phlox | Forests, woodlands, woodland borders, barrens. | VA, WV, IL and MO south to s. GA, Panhandle FL, s. AL, s. MS, se. LA and e. TX. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox cuspidata | Slender Annual Phlox | Prairies and open woodlands. | Ne. and nc. OK south to w. LA, e., se., and c. TX. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox divaricata var. divaricata | Eastern Blue Phlox | Moist deciduous forests in circumneutral soils. | VT and QC west to MI, south to e. NC, GA, SC, GA, c. KY, and w. IN and extreme e. IL. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox divaricata var. laphamii | Western Blue Phlox | Rich, moist soils of forests and open woodlands. | W. GA, c. TN, wc. KY, w. IN, WI, MN, and se. SD south to FL Panhandle, s. AL, s. MS, s. LA, and se. TX. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox drummondii var. drummondii | Wilcox Phlox | Endemic to TX. | ||
Polemoniaceae | Phlox drummondii var. mcallisteri | McAllister's Phlox | Prairies. | Sc. OK south to c. TX. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox drummondii var. peregrina | Annual Phlox, Drummond Phlox | Dry sandy soils of roadsides, fields, disturbed areas. | S. OK south to s. TX, eastwards as an escape from horticultural use. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox drummondii var. tharpii | Tharp's Phlox | S. TX. | ||
Polemoniaceae | Phlox floridana | Florida Phlox | Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, hammocks, limestone glade margins. | Sw. GA and se. AL south to FL Panhandle and nw. peninsular FL, west to s. MS. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox glaberrima | Smooth Phlox | Wet forests and woodlands, especially bottomlands. | MD, OH, IN, IL, WI, and MO south to Panhandle FL, LA, and OK. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox glabriflora | Rio Grande Phlox | |||
Polemoniaceae | Phlox lighthipei | Lighthipe's Phlox | Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry to moist sandy soils. | S. SC south to n. FL, west to s. AL. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox littoralis | Rio Grande Phlox | |||
Polemoniaceae | Phlox maculata ssp. maculata | Northern Meadow Phlox | Moist forests and openings. | S. QC west to MN, south to c. NC, KY, and IA. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox maculata ssp. pyramidalis | Leafy Meadow Phlox | Moist forests and openings. | PA, OH, s. IN, and se. MO, south to NC, n. GA, and TN. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox nivalis ssp. hentzii | Trailing Phlox | Rock outcrops, thin soils of rocky woodlands, roadbanks. | Sc. VA west to n. AL, south to c. peninsular FL and s. AL. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox nivalis ssp. nivalis | Pineland Phlox | Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands, roadbanks. | Nc. NC south to Panhandle FL. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox nivalis ssp. texensis | Pineywoods Phlox | Dry sandy longleaf pine woodlands. | Endemic to e. TX. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox oklahomensis | Prairie-star Phlox, Oklahoma Phlox | Post oak woodlands. | S. KS to nc. TX. "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. | PA to NC and ne. TN in the Appalachians; disjunct in OH and IN | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox paniculata | Garden Phlox | Streambanks, moist forests, woodlands, and woodland borders. | S. NY west to IL and MO, south to e. NC, w. SC, n. GA, n. MS, and AR. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox pilosa ssp. deamii | Deam’s Phlox | Dry upland woods and barrens. | S. IN south through w. KY to w. TN. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox pilosa ssp. detonsa | Gulf Coast Phlox | Dry woodlands. | Panhandle FL west to e. TX. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida | Meadows, open woodlands. | N. IN, WI, MN, and e. ND south to s. IL, c. AR, e. OK. | ||
Polemoniaceae | Phlox pilosa ssp. latisepala | Grasslands and woodlands over limestone. | Endemic to Edwards Plateau and vicinity, TX. | ||
Polemoniaceae | Phlox pilosa ssp. ozarkana | Ozark Phlox | Glades, savannas, woodlands, disturbed areas. | MO and se. KS south through e. OK and AR to n. LA; disjunct east of the Mississippi River from c. TN south to c. GA and c. AL. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox pilosa ssp. pilosa | Downy Phlox | Dry to mesic woodlands and forests, roadbanks. | PA west to se. ND, south to GA and c. TX. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox pilosa ssp. pulcherrima | Lundell's Phlox | Longleaf pine savannas, prairies. | E. Tx and perhaps w. LA. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox pilosa ssp. riparia | Plateau Phlox | Talus slopes, gravelly areas. | S. OK south to c. and wc. TX. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox pulchra | Alabama Phlox | River banks and bluffs. | Endemic to c. AL (Bibb, Jackson, Jefferson, Pike, Shelby, and Walker counties). | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox roemeriana | Goldeye Phlox, Roemer's Phlox | Rocky limestone slopes, prairies. | C. and wc. TX, only slightly extending east into the Cross Timbers. | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox stolonifera | Creeping Phlox | Moist forests. | PA and s. OH south to w. NC, n. GA, and e. TN, essentially a Southern and Central Appalachian endemic. | |
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. | NY and OH south to w. NC and TN; escaped or naturalized more widely from horticultural use. |
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