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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = garden phlox
| image = Phlox paniculata eva cullum.jpeg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Inflorescence of a pink variety
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = [[Polemoniaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Phlox]]''
| species = '''''P. paniculata'''''
| binomial = ''Phlox paniculata''
}}
'''''Phlox paniculata''''' ('''garden phlox''') is a [[plant]] in the phlox family, [[Polemoniaceae]].
==Description==
''Phlox paniculata'' is a [[herbaceous plant]] with alternate, simple [[leaf|leaves]], on slender, green stems. The flowers are white, pink, red, or purple, borne in summer through fall.