Natural History

Spreading Phlox is a member of the Phlox Family. It is a ground hugging plant that grows to 4 inches in height on plateaus and canyon rims at elevations between 6000 - 9000 feet. Leaves are green and stiff with hairy clusters and the leaf base.
 

The plant blooms between February - May and forms white to pink flowers with 5 rounded lobes (though if you look closely in the photo at right you'll see one non-conformer with 6).