Phlox Subulata

Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug

Ground Cover, Native Plant, Perennial, Wildflower, Herb

Perennial

0-1 ft.

Pink moss has loose, terminal, flattened clusters (cymes) of fragrant, tubular flowers (to 3/4” wide) that bloom in April-May. The flowers are red-purple to bluish-purple, pink, or infrequently white. Each flower has five, flat, petal-like, rounded, notched lobes. The calyx is 5-lobed, green, and lobes are awl-shaped, tapering to a point The corolla is slender, tubular with the 5 lobes spreading at right angles to the tube, and less than an inch in size.

Inconspicuous oval seed capsules