Moss phlox

Phlox subulate

  • Moss phlox
  • Moss phlox
  • Moss phlox
  • Moss phlox
  • Moss phlox
  • Moss phlox
  • Moss phlox
  • Moss phlox
  • Moss phlox
  • Moss phlox
  • Moss phlox
  • Moss phlox
  • Moss phlox
  • Moss phlox
  • Flower name
    Moss phlox
  • Scientific name
    Phlox subulate
  • Aliasモスフロックス, ハナツメクサ, Creeping phlox, 芝桜, 花詰草, Moss phlox, ロックス
  • Place of originNorth America
  • Place of floweringGarden, Botanical Gardens, Park
  • Flowering seasonMarch, April, May

What is Moss phlox

Moss phlox or Shiba Zakura (Japanese), scientific name:phlo subulate , is native to North America and is an evergreen perennial herbs of the department Polemonium, of the genus Phlox. Spring the ground crawling, similar to the Sakura (cherry blossom) flowers bloom. Axillary and floral flower flowers better stretch, a tip diameter 1-sake vessel-shaped corolla of 2 cm (tip of the petal is 5 deep-lobed flowers) bloom closely, does cover the ground. Low height on the ground seems carpeted in dark pink (colors). Resistance and heat tolerance is strong and long-lasting. Application: ground cover

Generic name: Moss phlox , scientific name:Phlox subulate, aka: Moss frocks (Moss phlox), creeping phlox, khanatesmeksa., origin: North America, life-forms: creeping Evergreen perennial, height: 5-10 cm, stem: branched and dense, creeping ground, leaf length: 1 cm, phyllotaxis: lanceolate, opposite, leaf, leaf margin: narrow-lanceolate, Leaf length:1~1.5cm, flower: March-may, flower color: dark pink, red, white and blue-violet, flower diameter: 1-2 cm, by squeezing: sake vessel 5 crack with the tip of and open flat, each lobed Tip 2 lobed, stamens number: 5, Jaws: 5 deep crack


  • Order
    Ericales
  • Family
    Polemoniaceae
  • Genus
    Phlox
  • Species
    P. subulate
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Cluster inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    High cup-shaped
  • Leaf type
    Inverted lanceolate
  • Edge of the leaf
    Entire
  • Life typeEvergreen perennial
  • Flower colorsWhite Pink Purple
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height5.0 ~ 10.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower1.0 ~ 2.0 cm

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