mountain phlox


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Noun1.mountain phlox - low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowersmountain phlox - low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers; native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground cover
dwarf phlox, moss phlox, Phlox subulata, moss pink
phlox - any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers
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tinctoria), California desert blue-bells (Phacelia campanularia), mountain phlox (Linanthus grandiflorus), Tahoka daisy (Aster eanacetifolius), and Texas bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis).
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I will have almost turned away before I notice all around them, grown up through them, the starry open faces of mountain phlox.
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Good drought-tolerant choices include amaranth, arroyo lupine, breadhox poppy, California desert bluebells, clary sage, desert marigold, flower-of-an-hour, larkspur, love-in-a-mist, white prickly poppy, Mexican gold poppy, mountain phlox, portulaca, purple aster, Tahoka daisy tansy scorpionflower, and snow-on-the-mountain.
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