Your help is appreciated. We depend on donations to help keep this site free and up to date for you. Can you please help us?

Donate

Discover thousands of New England plants

Genus: Phlox — phlox

References: Wherry (1929, 1930, 1931).

Fruits: Phlox bifida. ~ By Southern Illinois University Press. ~ Copyright © 2025 Southern Illinois University Press. ~ Requests for image use not currently accepted by copyright holder ~ Mohlenbrock, Robert H. 1981. The Illustrated Flora of Illinois, Flowering Plants, magnolias to pitcher plants. Southern Illinois U. Press, Carbondale and Edwardsville, IL. 288pp.

Stems: Phlox bifida. ~ By Southern Illinois University Press. ~ Copyright © 2025 Southern Illinois University Press. ~ Requests for image use not currently accepted by copyright holder ~ Mohlenbrock, Robert H. 1981. The Illustrated Flora of Illinois, Flowering Plants, magnolias to pitcher plants. Southern Illinois U. Press, Carbondale and Edwardsville, IL. 288pp.

Family

Polemoniaceae (phlox family)

This genus’s species in New England

Visit this genus in the Dichotomous Key

Getting Started

If you're not sure what to do from here, take a look at this Help page for instructions.

Help

Shortcut to plant groups

If you already know what group your plant is in, start with this shortcut to find your plant more quickly.

Map to groups