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The Polemoniaceae (Jacob's-ladder or phlox family) are a family of flowering plants consisting of about 27 genera [2] with 270–400 species of annuals and perennials native to the Northern Hemisphere and South America, with the center of diversity in western North America.
Some species such as P. paniculata (garden phlox) grow upright, while others such as P. subulata (moss phlox, moss pink, mountain phlox) grow short and matlike. Paniculata or tall phlox, is a native American wildflower that is native from New York to Iowa south to Georgia, Mississippi and Arkansas. It blooms from July to September.
Phlox cuspidata, the pointed phlox, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae, native to the US states of Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] An annual reaching 25 cm (10 in), its hybridization dynamics with and partial reproductive isolation from Phlox drummondii are the subject of scientific inquiry.
Phlox longifolia, the longleaf phlox, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae. [2] It is native to British Columbia and the western and west-central United States, but is absent west of the Cascades.
Phlox paniculata is an erect herbaceous perennial growing to 120 cm (47 in) tall by 100 cm (39 in) wide, with opposite, simple leaves on slender green stems. The flowers are 1.5–2.5 cm (0.6–1.0 in) in diameter, often strongly fragrant and borne in summer through fall (autumn). [10]
Phlox drummondii (commonly annual phlox or Drummond's phlox) [1] is a flowering plant in the genus Phlox of the family Polemoniaceae. Native to Texas, it is also widely distributed in the southeastern United States, especially along public highways. P. drummondii is often used as an ornamental plant. [2]
Phlox stolonifera (creeping phlox or moss phlox) is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae. It is a perennial herbaceous plant that is native to the eastern United States. [ 1 ] It occurs in woodlands and stream banks [ 1 ] in the vicinity of the Appalachian Mountains from Pennsylvania south to northern Georgia .
Phlox nivalis is a species of flowering plant in the Polemoniaceae family with the common name of trailing phlox. It is native to the southeastern United States, Texas, Michigan, and Utah. [ 5 ] One subspecies of this plant, Phlox nivalis subsp. texensis , the Texas trailing phlox or Texan phlox , is a rare plant federally listed as an ...