- genus Phlox - herbaceous to shrubby evergreen or deciduous annuals or perennials, diffuse (spreading) or caespitose (tufted or matted); from Alaska and western Canada to Mexico
--1 is a kind of plant genus
--1 is a member of Polemoniaceae, family Polemoniaceae, phlox family
--1 has members:phlox; chickweed phlox, sand phlox, Phlox bifida, Phlox stellaria