| Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
| Genus species | Phlox divaricata L. Protophlox, Divaricatae |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 152 (1753) |
| Native Range | e. Canada to c. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Description | sparsely branched, leaves tender, lanceolate, sharply acute, shoots trailing, stems erect, flowers 2cm across, in lax, hemispherical panicle, petals emarginate |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | bluish violet |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | ind |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C division in spring; cuttings in spring and in late summer |
| Synonyms | Armeria divaricata (L.) Kuntze Phlox canadensis Sweet Phlox divaricata f. albiflora auct. Phlox divaricata f. bicolor J.W.Moore Phlox divaricata var. canadensis (Sweet) Wherry Phlox divaricata f. candida E.J.Palmer & Steyrm. Phlox divaricata f. coulteri Fernald Phlox divaricata f. purpurea Farw. Phlox glomerata Nutt. Phlox vernalis Nutt. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, KAN Kansas, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma, SDA South Dakota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MIC Michigan, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, VER Vermont) 77 South-Central U.S.A. 78 Southeastern U.S.A. |