NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details

Phlox stolonifera

Scientific Name:	Phlox stolonifera
Genus:	Phlox
Species Epithet:	stolonifera
Common Name:	Creeping Phlox
Plant Type	Herb/Wildflower
Life Cycle	Perennial
Plant Family	Polemoniaceae (Jacobs-Ladder Family)
Native/Alien:	NC Native
Size:	0-1 ft.
Bloom Color(s):	White, Blue, Purple, Violet
Light:	Sun - 6 or more hours of sun per day, Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day, Less than 2 hours of sun per day
Soil Moisture:	Moist
Bloom Time:	April, May
Growing Area:	Mountains, Piedmont
Habitat Description:	“Moist forests…essentially a Southern and Central Appalachian endemic” (Weakley 2015). Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in the Piedmont.
Leaf Arrangement:	Opposite
Leaf Retention:	Evergreen
Leaf Type:	Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like
Leaf Form:	Simple
Life Cycle:	Perennial
Wildlife Value:	Has some wildlife value
Landscape Value:	Recommended and Available
State Rank:	S3: Vulnerable, S4: Apparently secure ^(*Key)
Global Rank:	G4 - Apparently Secure, G5 - Secure ^(*Key)
Notes:	"This species is sometimes locally abundant, as in parts of Great Smoky Mountains National Park." Weakley 2015
Creeping Phlox patch Rare in the piedmont and uncommon in the mountains, Creeping Phlox prefers moist forests where it may form an early spring carpet. Paynter, Ashe Co, 2011
Flowers
Leaves and Runners
Links:	USDA PLANTS Database Record