| Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
| Genus species | Phlox rigida Benth. Microphlox, Douglasianae |
| Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 9: 306 (1845) |
| Native Range | w. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | ramose, densely leafy, leaves linear-subulate, rigid, fasciculate, adpressed glandular-hirsute, flowers sessile, calyx lobes subulate, patent, corolla lobes broadly obovate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | white, purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 cuttings in spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Phlox caespitosa var. rigida (Benth.) A.Gray Phlox douglasii ssp. rigida (Benth.) Wherry Phlox douglasii var. rigida (Benth.) M.Peck |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada) |