Index / Search / Phlox subulata
§1 Plant
Phlox subulata L.
vernacular moss phlox — species · Polemoniaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polemoniaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Phlox
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 304 counties across 24 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 100 min.
- Precipitation
- 34–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.7–7.5
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- High
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Stoloniferous
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 0.5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Purple
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Spring
- Spread rate
- None
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- container, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 304 counties across 24 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Chippewa 26033
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Iron 26071
- Isabella 26073
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Montmorency 26119
- Oakland 26125
- Oscoda 26135
- Ottawa 26139
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Bronx 36005
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Herkimer 36043
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Oneida 36065
- Orange 36071
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Schuyler 36097
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Warren 36113
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Ashland 39005
- Athens 39009
- Carroll 39019
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Guernsey 39059
- Hancock 39063
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Muskingum 39119
- Ottawa 39123
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Summit 39153
- Vinton 39163
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Tioga 42117
- Warren 42123
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Craig 51045
- Fairfax 51059
- Fluvanna 51065
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Hanover 51085
- Highland 51091
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Page 51139
- Powhatan 51145
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Stafford 51179
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Berkeley 54003
- Cabell 54011
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Jefferson 54037
- Marion 54049
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Raleigh 54081
- Summers 54089
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PHSU3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2927727 ↗Record version
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