phlox

/flɑks/

Other forms: phloxes

Phlox is a colorful flower with clusters of many small blossoms. If you want to add bright hues to your garden, you should plant some phlox.

Most phlox is native to North America, but its range spans the continent, from frozen alpine tundra to midwestern prairies to Florida. You can find low-growing wild phlox in meadows and tall, ornamental varieties in gardens. This plant blooms in many different colors, including pale blue, purple, pink, and bright red. In Greek, phlox means "a flame," from a root meaning "to shine, flash, or burn."

Definitions of phlox

1. noun

   any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers
   types:

   Phlox bifida, Phlox stellaria, chickweed phlox, sand phlox

   low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States

   Phlox subulata, dwarf phlox, moss phlox, moss pink, mountain phlox

   low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers; native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground cover

   Linanthus dianthiflorus, fringed pink, ground pink, moss pink

   low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowers

   Linanthus dichotomus, evening-snow

   small California annual with white flowers

   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