§1 Plant
Phlox pilosa L.
vernacular downy 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
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 928 counties across 31 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 928 counties across 31 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Baldwin 01003
- Bibb 01007
- Calhoun 01015
- Clay 01027
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Geneva 01061
- Hale 01065
- Jackson 01071
- Lawrence 01079
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Morgan 01103
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Shelby 01117
- Sumter 01119
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
Arkansas view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Conway 05029
- Crawford 05033
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Hot Spring 05059
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hernando 12053
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 86 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Benton 18007
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Fulton 18049
- Harrison 18061
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marshall 18099
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Adair 19001
- Adams 19003
- Carroll 19027
- Cherokee 19035
- Clarke 19039
- Crawford 19047
- Fremont 19071
- Guthrie 19077
- Hancock 19081
- Harrison 19085
- Ida 19093
- Jackson 19097
- Kossuth 19109
- Lyon 19119
- Madison 19121
- Mills 19129
- Monona 19133
- Montgomery 19137
- O'Brien 19141
- Osceola 19143
- Page 19145
- Plymouth 19149
- Pottawattamie 19155
- Shelby 19165
- Sioux 19167
- Taylor 19173
- Union 19175
- Winneshiek 19191
- Woodbury 19193
Kansas view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Coffey 20031
- Crawford 20037
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Franklin 20059
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Marshall 20117
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ottawa 20143
- Riley 20161
- Shawnee 20177
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Bath 21011
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Graves 21083
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Larue 21123
- Lewis 21135
- Marion 21155
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Morgan 21175
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Nelson 21179
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rowan 21205
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Webster 21233
Louisiana view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Barry 26015
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Clare 26035
- Eaton 26045
- Genesee 26049
- Hillsdale 26059
- Ionia 26067
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Mecosta 26107
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ottawa 26139
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
Minnesota view state ↗ 68 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Benton 27009
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Cottonwood 27033
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Fillmore 27045
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Jackson 27063
- Kanabec 27065
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rice 27131
- Rock 27133
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- Sibley 27143
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Stevens 27149
- Todd 27153
- Wabasha 27157
- Wadena 27159
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Watonwan 27165
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Mississippi view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Amite 28005
- Benton 28009
- Chickasaw 28017
- Clarke 28023
- Copiah 28029
- Covington 28031
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- Grenada 28043
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Holmes 28051
- Jackson 28059
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lee 28081
- Marshall 28093
- Neshoba 28099
- Noxubee 28103
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Scott 28123
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tishomingo 28141
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Winston 28159
Missouri view state ↗ 95 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Andrew 29003
- Atchison 29005
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Daviess 29061
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Miller 29131
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Worth 29227
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 14 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Defiance 39039
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Geauga 39055
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Jackson 39079
- Lawrence 39087
- Lucas 39095
- Montgomery 39113
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Summit 39153
- Vinton 39163
- Wayne 39169
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Adair 40001
- Atoka 40005
- Bryan 40013
- Caddo 40015
- Cherokee 40021
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Craig 40035
- Creek 40037
- Delaware 40041
- Grady 40051
- Greer 40055
- Haskell 40061
- Hughes 40063
- Kiowa 40075
- Latimer 40077
- Le Flore 40079
- Marshall 40095
- Mayes 40097
- McClain 40087
- McCurtain 40089
- McIntosh 40091
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Nowata 40105
- Oklahoma 40109
- Ottawa 40115
- Payne 40119
- Pittsburg 40121
- Pontotoc 40123
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Pushmataha 40127
- Rogers 40131
- Sequoyah 40135
- Tulsa 40143
- Wagoner 40145
- Washington 40147
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 11 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 7 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Bradley 47011
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Chester 47023
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Dickson 47043
- Fayette 47047
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Knox 47093
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- McNairy 47109
- Montgomery 47125
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Shelby 47157
- Smith 47159
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Wayne 47181
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 72 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Bandera 48019
- Burnet 48053
- Chambers 48071
- Cherokee 48073
- Collin 48085
- Comanche 48093
- Cooke 48097
- Dallas 48113
- Delta 48119
- Edwards 48137
- Erath 48143
- Fannin 48147
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Grayson 48181
- Gregg 48183
- Grimes 48185
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Harrison 48203
- Hays 48209
- Henderson 48213
- Hill 48217
- Hopkins 48223
- Houston 48225
- Hunt 48231
- Irion 48235
- Jasper 48241
- Jefferson 48245
- Kaufman 48257
- Kerr 48265
- La Salle 48283
- Lamb 48279
- Leon 48289
- Liberty 48291
- Marion 48315
- Mason 48319
- McLennan 48309
- Menard 48327
- Montgomery 48339
- Morris 48343
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Newton 48351
- Orange 48361
- Palo Pinto 48363
- Panola 48365
- Polk 48373
- Real 48385
- Red River 48387
- Rusk 48401
- Sabine 48403
- San Augustine 48405
- San Jacinto 48407
- San Saba 48411
- Shelby 48419
- Smith 48423
- Sutton 48435
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Titus 48449
- Trinity 48455
- Tyler 48457
- Uvalde 48463
- Val Verde 48465
- Van Zandt 48467
- Walker 48471
- Williamson 48491
- Wise 48497
- Wood 48499
Virginia view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Pepin 55091
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PHPI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2927734 ↗Record version
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