Index / Search / Phlox latifolia
§1 Plant
Phlox latifolia Michx.
vernacular wideflower phlox — species · Polemoniaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polemoniaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Phlox
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 115 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 115 counties across 10 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Buncombe 37021
- Caldwell 37027
- Caswell 37033
- Clay 37043
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Haywood 37087
- Iredell 37097
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Mitchell 37121
- Moore 37125
- Orange 37135
- Person 37145
- Randolph 37151
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Wake 37183
- Watauga 37189
- Wilkes 37193
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 6 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Charlotte 51037
- Craig 51045
- Floyd 51063
- Franklin 51067
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Halifax 51083
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Pulaski 51155
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Surry 51181
- Wythe 51197
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PHLA13 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2927759 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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