Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Phlox stansburyi is a species of phlox known by the common names cold-desert phlox and pink phlox. It is native to the southwestern United States from California to Utah to Texas, where it occurs in desert and plateau scrub and woodland habitat. It is a perennial herb taking an upright, branching form. The hairy linear or lance-shaped leaves are 1 to 3 centimetres (0. 39 to 1. 18 in) in length and oppositely arranged. The inflorescence bears one or more white to pink flowers with narrow, tubular throats which may exceed 3 cm (1. 2 in) in length. The base of the tube is encased in a calyx of keeled, ribbed sepals. The flower corolla is flat and five-lobed.

Plant type

Perennial herb

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Color

Pink, White

Plant communities

Northern Oak Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Sagebrush Scrub

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