moss phlox

moss phlox

n. An eastern North American plant (Phlox subulata) that forms dense spreading mats and is widely cultivated for its profuse pink or white flowers. Also called moss pink.

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moss phlox - low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers; native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground coverdwarf phlox, mountain phlox, Phlox subulata, moss pinkphlox - any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers