Longleaf Phlox
Phlox longifolia
Longleaf phlox dots dry western slopes and sagebrush flats with fragrant pink-to-white flowers in spring, a drought-hardy native for rock gardens and xeric beds. Documented medicinal use among Indigenous peoples, but no real evidence it was ever eaten as food.
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1.2–1.2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- white, pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, hummingbirds
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, TX, UT, WA, WY
Related native plants
More Phlox species
- Woodland Phlox (Phlox divaricata)
- Summer Phlox (Phlox paniculata)
- Downy Phlox (Phlox pilosa)
- Moss Phlox (Phlox subulata)
- Annual Phlox (Phlox drummondii)
- Spreading Phlox (Phlox diffusa)