Index / Search / Phlox subulata ssp. subulata
§1 Plant
Phlox subulata L. ssp. subulata
vernacular moss phlox — subspecies · Polemoniaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polemoniaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Phlox
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 194 counties across 18 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 194 counties across 18 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 7 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 ↗ 23 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
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Schuyler 36097
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Warren 36113
- Yates 36123
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
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 ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 6 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 16 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PHSUS2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7223705 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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