Moss Phlox (Phlox subulata L.)

↑Range - Expand

Legend	Color
Native
Expanded
Native or Not Present
Native or Expanded
Expanded or Not Present
Native or Expanded or Not Present

This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.

Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.

This species is widely cultivated in gardens, and frequently escapes cultivation. As a result, it has established in many new areas northeast, west, and southwest of its native range. Although they mostly originated as garden escapes, we have marked all these new populations as Expanded because they are contiguous with the native range in the north, and because in the south where the populations are scattered and uncommon, they are only separated from the native range by similar gaps and follow a similar distribution pattern to that of native populations.