Phlox (4)

Rocky Mountain Phlox
Phlox multiflora

Family: Phlox (Polemoniaceae)
AKA: Many-flowered Phlox, Flowery Phlox
Photo taken on: May 30, 2005
Location: Jack's Cabin Cutoff, GV, CO
Life Zones: Foothills to montane
Habitat: Gravel meadows and slopes, sagebrush

The most common phlox. Grows in a low mound to 4". Flowers range from white to light pink to blue.

Carpet Phlox
Phlox hoodii

Family: Phlox (Polemoniaceae)
AKA: Early Moss Phlox, Spiny Phlox
Photo taken on: April 26, 2005
Location: Almont Triangle, GV, CO
Life Zones: Foothills to montane
Habitat: Gravel meadows and slopes, sagebrush

Grows moss-like with grayish leaves. It has smaller flowers and leaves, and blooms earlier than Rocky Mountain Phlox.

Alpine Phlox
Phlox condensata

Family: Phlox (Polemoniaceae)
AKA: Dwarf Phlox
Photo taken on: July 12, 2008
Location: South Baldy Trail, CO
Life Zones: Alpine
Habitat: Tundra, gravelly slopes

Forms cushions 1" high. Flowers are fragrant, leaves are fleshy and moss-like.

Nuttall's Linanthus
Leptosiphon nuttallii (Linanthus nuttalli)

Family: Phlox (Polemoniaceae)
AKA:
Photo taken on: June 19, 2013
Location: Almont Triangle, CO
Life Zones: Montane
Habitat: Rocky slopes

Flowers are bright white and look like Rocky Mountain Phlox but the plant grows to 1ft high and does not grow in a mat . Leaves are bright green and grow in rings around the stem.