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+{{Taxobox+| color = lightgreen+| name = ''Phlox stolonifera''
−| image = Creeping Phlox Phlox stolonifera Flowers 3008px.jpg
−| image_width = 240px
−| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
−| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
−| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
−| ordo = [[Ericales]]
−| familia = [[Polemoniaceae]]
−| genus = ''[[Phlox]]''
−| species = '''''P. stolonifera'''''
−| binomial = ''Phlox stolonifera''
−| binomial_authority = [[John Sims|Sims]]
−'''''Phlox stolonifera''''' ('''Creeping phlox''', '''Moss phlox''', '''Flowering moss''', '''Ground pink''', or '''Moss pinks''') is a [[flowering plant]] in the genus ''[[Phlox]]''.+It is native to the eastern [[United States]] in forests in the [[Appalachian Mountains]] from [[Pennsylvania]] south to northern [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. +It is a creeping [[stolon]]iferous [[perennial plant]] growing 15-25 cm tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] on creeping stems are 3-4.5 cm long and 1.8 cm broad, those on the erect flowering stems smaller, 2 cm long. The [[flower]]s are produced in early spring, 2-2.5 cm diameter, with the five-lobed [[corolla]] pale violet to purple, pink or white in color, and yellow [[stamen]]s. <br clear = left>+*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?405816 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Phlox stolonifera'']+
−*[http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/groundcover/phlox_stolonifera.html North Carolina State University: ''Phlox stolonifera'']+
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+| name = ''Phlox stolonifera''
+| common_names = Creeping phlox, Moss phlox, Flowering moss, Ground pink, Moss pinks
+| growth_habit = herbaceous
+| high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
+| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
+| origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
+| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
+| lifespan = <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
+| exposure = ? <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
+| water = ? <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
+| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
+| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
+| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
+| usda_zones = ? <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
+| sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
+| color = IndianRed
+| image = Creeping Phlox Phlox stolonifera Flowers 3008px.jpg
+| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
+| image_caption = <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
+| regnum = Plantae
+| divisio = Magnoliophyta
+| classis = Magnoliopsida
+| ordo = Ericales
+| familia = Polemoniaceae
+| genus = Phlox
+| species = stolonifera
+}}
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Phlox stolonifera, Sims (P. reptans, Michx.). Low and weak, the flowering sts. reaching 6-12 in., the sterile ones long and prostrate, the plant thinly glandular- hairy: lvs. short-ovate or obovate, more or less obtuse: fls. few in each cyme, purple or violet, the lobes mostly entire, the calyx-lobes narrow and subulate. Pa. and Ky. to Ga., mostly in the upper regions. B.M. 563. Var. verna, Hort. (P. verna, Hort.), has rose-colored fls. with dark purple throat; a garden form.
Phlox stolonifera, Sims (P. reptans, Michx.). Low and weak, the flowering sts. reaching 6-12 in., the sterile ones long and prostrate, the plant thinly glandular- hairy: lvs. short-ovate or obovate, more or less obtuse: fls. few in each cyme, purple or violet, the lobes mostly entire, the calyx-lobes narrow and subulate. Pa. and Ky. to Ga., mostly in the upper regions. B.M. 563. Var. verna, Hort. (P. verna, Hort.), has rose-colored fls. with dark purple throat; a garden form.
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−==Cultivation==
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−===Propagation===
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−===Pests and diseases===
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−==Species==
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
+
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Creeping Phlox with dogwood tree.jpg|A patch of Creeping phlox
Image:Creeping Phlox with dogwood tree.jpg|A patch of Creeping phlox
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Image:Creeping Phlox Phlox stolonifera Leaf 2650px.jpg|Leaf closeup
Image:Creeping Phlox Phlox stolonifera Leaf 2650px.jpg|Leaf closeup
</gallery>
</gallery>
+
+==References==
+*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
+<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
+<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
+<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
==External links==
−*[http://www.discoverlife.org/nh/tx/Plantae/Dicotyledoneae/Polemoniaceae/Phlox/stolonifera/ University of Georgia: ''Phlox stolonifera''] (includes range map)
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