phlox

1. Any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox;
   Chiefly North American;
   Cultivated for their clusters of flowers (synset 112831355)
   is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
   subtypes:

   • chickweed phlox, phlox bifida, phlox stellaria, sand phlox - low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States
   • dwarf phlox, moss phlox, moss pink, mountain phlox, phlox subulata - low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers; native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground cover
   • fringed pink, ground pink, linanthus dianthiflorus, moss pink - low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowers
   • evening-snow, linanthus dichotomus - small California annual with white flowers
   belongs to: genus phlox - herbaceous to shrubby evergreen or deciduous annuals or perennials, diffuse (spreading) or caespitose (tufted or matted); from Alaska and western Canada to Mexico

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