phlox subulata

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   low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers; native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground cover

   Synonymsmoss pinkmountain phloxmoss phloxdwarf phlox

   Broaderphlox

Questions about phlox subulata

What does phlox subulata mean?

phlox subulata means "low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers; native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground cover".

What is another word for phlox subulata?

Close synonyms include moss pink, mountain phlox, moss phlox, dwarf phlox. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is phlox subulata a common word?

phlox subulata is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.