Scientific Name
Phlox subulata
Common Name
Moss-pink; Moss phlox
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Height:
2 to 6 inches
Flower/fruit:
.5 to .75 inch flowers; pink, violet or white petals are either entire or notched at the end; tubular corolla with spreading lobes
Flowering Season:
Spring
Foliage:
Prostrate with creeping stems; .5 to 1 inch semi-evergreen, small awl-shaped leaves
Site:
Dry, open sites with sandy soil
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