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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name =Moss Phlox
| image = Phlox subulata a3.jpg
| image_caption =
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = [[Polemoniaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Polemonioideae]]
| genus = [[Phlox]]
| species = '''''P. subulata'''''
| binomial = ''Phlox subulata''
| binomial_authority = [[L.]]
}}
'''''Phlox subulata''''' <ref>[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?314438 ''Phlox subulata''] at [[Germplasm Resources Information Network]]</ref> ('''Moss Phlox''', '''Moss Pink''', '''Mountain Phlox''') is a perennial creeper growing to a height of 6 inches and covering a 20 inch wide area. The small, five-petaled flowers bloom in rose, mauve, blue, white, or pink in late spring to early summer.
== Cultivation<ref>[http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/groundcover/phlox_subulata.html''Phlox subulata''] at [[NC State University]]</ref><ref>[http://plantfacts.ohio-state.edu/pocketgardener/source/description/ph_ulata.html''Phlox subulata''] at [[Ohio State University]]</ref> ==
*Requires full sun and well-drained soil.
*Hardiness zones: USDA zone 3 to 9
==Notes==
{{Reflist}}
== References ==
* {{cite book | author=[[Neltje Blanchan|Blanchan, Neltje]] | title=[[Wild Flowers: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors]] | year=[[2002]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}
*Bay Books. P. 2005. The A-Z of Garden Flowers.
| color = lightgreen
| name =Moss Phlox
| image = Phlox subulata a3.jpg
| image_caption =
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = [[Polemoniaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Polemonioideae]]
| genus = [[Phlox]]
| species = '''''P. subulata'''''
| binomial = ''Phlox subulata''
| binomial_authority = [[L.]]
}}
'''''Phlox subulata''''' <ref>[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?314438 ''Phlox subulata''] at [[Germplasm Resources Information Network]]</ref> ('''Moss Phlox''', '''Moss Pink''', '''Mountain Phlox''') is a perennial creeper growing to a height of 6 inches and covering a 20 inch wide area. The small, five-petaled flowers bloom in rose, mauve, blue, white, or pink in late spring to early summer.
== Cultivation<ref>[http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/groundcover/phlox_subulata.html''Phlox subulata''] at [[NC State University]]</ref><ref>[http://plantfacts.ohio-state.edu/pocketgardener/source/description/ph_ulata.html''Phlox subulata''] at [[Ohio State University]]</ref> ==
*Requires full sun and well-drained soil.
*Hardiness zones: USDA zone 3 to 9
==Notes==
{{Reflist}}
== References ==
* {{cite book | author=[[Neltje Blanchan|Blanchan, Neltje]] | title=[[Wild Flowers: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors]] | year=[[2002]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}
*Bay Books. P. 2005. The A-Z of Garden Flowers.
