Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Phlox caespitosa is a species of phlox known by the common name tufted phlox. It is native to western North America from British Columbia through the Great Basin to New Mexico, where it grows in scrub, woodland, and other open plateau habitat. It is a mat-forming perennial herb growing in patches of short, hairy, hairy stems. The stems are lined with pairs of very narrow, sharp-tipped linear leaves each under a centimeter in length. The flower cluster is a solitary flower or cluster of up to three flowers at the tip of each stem. The flower is white or light pink or lavender with five rounded lobes. It is around a centimeter long.

Plant type

Perennial herb

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Color

Pink

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Site type

Dry places

Plant communities

Northern Juniper Woodland, Sagebrush Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 6 likely

Confirmed Likely

Euxoa extranea

Euxoa infausta

Corn Earworm Moth

Helicoverpa zea

Spotted Straw Sun Moth

Heliothis phloxiphaga