Flowery phlox

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Phlox multiflora

Flowery phlox, a reference photo
Photo: Anders Hastings · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Phlox multiflora, the Rocky Mountain phlox, is a low growing perennial plant native to the Rocky Mountains and parts of the Great Basin in western North America. It has white to lavender flowers.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Flowery phlox being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Polemoniaceae
Genus
Phlox
Species
Phlox multiflora

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