| Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
| Genus species | Phlox aculeata A.Nelson Microphlox, Aculeatae |
| Bibliography | Bot. Gaz. 52: 270 (1911) |
| Native Range | nw. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | stems numerous, crowded, leaves rigid, narrowly linear, 10-35mm long, flowers shortly pedicellate, 1-3, terminal, tube 10-15mm long, limb 7-12mm across |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pink, white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny 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 division in spring; cuttings in spring and in late summer |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) |