phlox

Any of various North American plants of the genus Phlox, having opposite leaves and flowers with a variously colored salverform corolla.

A genus of ornamental gamopetalous plants of the order Polemoniaceæ, characterized by a deeply three-valved loculicidal capsule, included stamens unequally inserted on the tube of a salver-shaped corolla, and entire leaves.

[lowercase] Any plant of this genus.

A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple flowers.

the larva of an American moth (Heliothis phloxiphaga). It is destructive to phloxes.

the moss pink. See under Moss.

Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox.

any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers