| Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
| Genus species | Phlox austromontana Coville Microphlox, Canescentes |
| Bibliography | Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 4: 151 (1893) |
| Native Range | w. USA to New Mexico and nw. Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1500-2700m |
| Description | caespitose, minutely grey pubescent, leaves acerose, 10-15mm, flowers subsessile, solitary, sepals sharply acute, corolla tube 11-14mm, lobes obovate, 5-7mm |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | white, pale purple |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Phlox aciculifolia P.B.Kenn. Phlox austromontana ssp. lutescens (S.L.Welsh) Locklear Phlox austromontana var. lutescens S.L.Welsh Phlox austromontana ssp. vera Wherry Phlox cyanea Eastw. Phlox diffusa ssp. subcarinata Wherry Phlox diffusa var. subcarinata (Wherry) M.Peck Phlox douglasii var. austromontana (Coville) Jeps. & H.Mason Phlox lutesces (S.L.Welsh) S.L.Welsh Phlox pinifolia Brand |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) 79 Mexico (MXN Mexico Northwest) |