Phlox multiflora

Phlox multiflora
Near Gunnison, Colorado

Apparently Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Phlox
Species:
P. multiflora
Binomial name
Phlox multiflora
Subspecies
  • P. m. subsp. depressa
  • P. m. subsp. multiflora
Synonyms
  • Phlox costata
  • Phlox dasyphylla
  • Phlox depressa
  • Phlox patula

Phlox multiflora, the Rocky Mountain phlox, is a low growing perennial plant native to the Rocky Mountains and parts of the Great Basin in western North America. It has white to lavender flowers.