Phlox stansburyi

Phlox stansburyi is a species of phlox known by the common names cold-desert phlox and pink phlox. It is native to the southwestern United States from California to Utah to Texas, where it occurs in desert and plateau scrub and woodland habitat.

Phlox stansburyi
var. stansburyi, southern Nevada
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Phlox
Species:
P. stansburyi
Binomial name
Phlox stansburyi

It is a perennial herb taking an upright, branching form. The hairy linear or lance-shaped leaves are 1 to 3 centimetres (0.39 to 1.18 in) in length and oppositely arranged. The inflorescence bears one or more white to pink flowers with narrow, tubular throats which may exceed 3 cm (1.2 in) in length. The base of the tube is encased in a calyx of keeled, ribbed sepals. The flower corolla is flat and five-lobed. In drier environments, the corolla-lobes may be narrower and curled, and the plant may be shorter or grow up through other shrubs.[1]

Small plant in flower, at ~5500 ft in Eastern Sierra
  1. Laird R. Blackwell (2002). Wildflowers of the Eastern Sierra and adjoining Mojave Desrt and Great Basin. Lone Pine Publishing. ISBN 978-1-55105-281-6.


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