Cold desert phlox

Phlox stansburyi is a species of phlox known by the common names cold-desert phlox and pink phlox. It is native to the southwestern United States from California to Utah to Texas, where it occurs in desert and plateau scrub and woodland habitat.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Cold desert 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.

Easily confused with

• Phlox amabilis
• Phlox longifolia
• Phlox dolichantha
• Phlox alyssifolia
• Phlox austromontana
• Phlox hirsuta

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Polemoniaceae

Genus

Phlox

Species

Phlox stansburyi

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