# Phlox (flore)

Phlox (les Phlox en français) est un genre de plantes à fleurs de la famille des Polémoniacées
Étymologie : du grec "flamme", pour la couleur vive des premières plantes répertoriées dans ce genre.
Ce sont des plantes herbacées vivaces ou annuelles.

## Espèces

Les espèces appartenant au genre Phlox sont très nombreuses :
* Phlox aculeata A. Nels. -- sagebrush phlox
* Phlox acuminata Pursh
* Phlox adsurgens Torr. ex Gray -- northern phlox
* Phlox albomarginata M.E. Jones -- whitemargin phlox
* Phlox alyssifolia Greene -- alyssum-leaf phlox, alyssumleaf phlox, phlox
* Phlox amabilis Brand -- Arizona phlox
* Phlox amoena Sims -- hairy phlox
* Phlox amplifolia Britt. -- largeleaf phlox
* Phlox andicola E. Nels. -- prairie phlox
* Phlox austromontana Coville -- desert mountain phlox, desert phlox, mountain phlox
* Phlox bifida Beck -- cleft phlox
* Phlox buckleyi Wherry -- swordleaf phlox
* Phlox caespitosa Nutt. -- Douglas phlox, tufted phlox
* Phlox carolina L. -- thickleaf phlox
* Phlox caryophylla Wherry -- clove phlox
* Phlox cluteana A. Nels. -- Navajo Mountain phlox
* Phlox colubrina Wherry & Constance -- Snake River phlox
* Phlox condensata (Gray) E. Nels. -- dwarf phlox
* Phlox covillei E. Nels. -- Coville's phlox
* Phlox cuspidata Scheele -- cuspid phlox, pointed phlox
* Phlox diffusa Benth. -- spreading phlox
* Phlox dispersa C.W. Sharsmith -- High Sierra phlox
* Phlox divaricata L. -- wild blue phlox
* Phlox dolichantha Gray -- Big Bear Valley phlox
* Phlox drummondii Hook. -- annual phlox, drummond phlox
* Phlox floridana Benth. -- Florida phlox
* Phlox glaberrima L. -- smooth phlox
* Phlox glabriflora (Brand) Whitehouse -- Rio Grande phlox
* Phlox gladiformis (M.E. Jones) E. Nels. -- musky phlox
* Phlox × glutinosa Buckl. (pro sp.) -- phlox
* Phlox gracilis (Hook.) Greene -- slender phlox
* Phlox griseola Wherry -- Arizona phlox, gray-leaf phlox, grayleaf phlox
* Phlox hendersonii (E. Nels.) Cronq. -- Henderson's phlox
* Phlox hirsuta E. Nels. -- Yreka phlox
* Phlox hoodii Richardson -- Hood's phlox, spiny phlox
* Phlox idahonis Wherry -- Clearwater phlox
* Phlox jonesii Wherry -- Zion phlox
* Phlox kelseyi Britt. -- Kelsey's phlox
* Phlox latifolia Michx. -- wideflower phlox
* Phlox longifolia Nutt. -- longleaf phlox
* Phlox longipilosa Waterfall -- downy phlox, longhair phlox
* Phlox maculata L. -- wild sweetwilliam
* Phlox mesoleuca Greene -- threadleaf phlox
* Phlox missoulensis Wherry -- Missoula phlox
* Phlox mollis Wherry -- soft phlox
* Phlox multiflora A. Nels. -- flowery phlox, Rocky Mountain phlox
* Phlox nana Nutt. -- Santa Fe phlox
* Phlox nivalis Lodd. ex Sweet -- trailing phlox
* Phlox oklahomensis Wherry -- Oklahoma phlox
* Phlox opalensis Dorn -- opal phlox
* Phlox paniculata L. -- fall phlox
* Phlox peckii Wherry -- Peck's phlox
* Phlox pilosa L. -- downy phlox
* Phlox × procumbens Lehm. (pro sp.) -- phlox
* Phlox pulchra Wherry -- Alabama phlox
* Phlox pulvinata (Wherry) Cronq. -- cushion phlox, powder phlox
* Phlox pungens Dorn -- prickly phlox
* Phlox richardsonii Hook. -- Richardson's phlox
* Phlox rigida Benth. -- stiff phlox
* Phlox roemerana Scheele
* Phlox roemeriana Scheele -- goldeneye phlox, roemer phlox
* Phlox × rugelii Brand (pro sp.) -- Rugel's phlox
* Phlox sibirica L. -- Siberian phlox
* Phlox speciosa Pursh -- showy phlox
* Phlox stansburyi (Torr.) Heller -- cold-desert phlox, colddesert phlox, Stansbury's phlox
* Phlox stolonifera Sims -- creeping phlox
* Phlox subulata L. -- moss phlox
* Phlox tenuifolia E. Nels. -- Santa Catalina Mountain phlox, Santa Catalina phlox
* Phlox triovulata Thurb. ex Torr. -- three-seed phlox, threeseed phlox
* Phlox variabilis Brand -- variegated phlox
* Phlox viridis E. Nels. -- green phlox
* Phlox viscida E. Nels. -- sticky phlox

## Langage des fleurs

Dans le langage des fleurs, le phlox symbolise la flamme.