Editing Phlox (section)

==Description==
[[File:Phlox on a patio.jpg|thumb|left|Phlox on a patio]]

The name is derived from the Ancient Greek word {{Transliteration|grc|phlox}} meaning flame in reference to the intense flower colors of some varieties.<ref name=mbg>[http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=l610 "Phlox paniculata", Missouri Botanical Garden]</ref>  Fertilized flowers typically produce one relatively large [[seed]]. The fruit is a longitudinally [[Dehiscence (botany)|dehiscent]] [[Capsule (botany)|capsule]] with three or more [[Ovary (botany)#Parts of the ovary|valves]] that sometimes separate explosively.<ref>{{cite book |title=Flowering plants, Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales |author=Klaus Kubitzki |publisher=Springer |year=2004|page=311 |isbn=9783540065128 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O-tHGAaaf2cC&q=polemoniaceae+dehiscence&pg=PA311}}</ref>

Some species such as ''[[Phlox paniculata|P.&nbsp;paniculata]]'' (garden phlox) grow upright, while others such as ''[[Phlox subulata|P.&nbsp;subulata]]'' (moss phlox, moss pink, mountain phlox) grow short and matlike. Paniculata or tall phlox, is a native American wildflower that is native from New York to Iowa south to Georgia, Mississippi and Arkansas. It blooms from July to September.

Creeping phlox spreads rapidly and makes great ground cover.<ref>[https://www.almanac.com/plant/phlox "Growing Phlox", ''The Farmer's Almanac'']</ref> It can be planted to cover banks, fill spaces under tall trees, and spill and trail over slopes. Creeping phlox blooms in spring and produces long, spreading stems, which become woody with age. It was introduced into cultivation by the late 1700s.<ref>[https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/creeping-phlox "Creeping Phlox", ''Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia'']</ref>

The foliage of ''Phlox'' is a food for the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[dot moth]], ''[[Gazoryctra wielgusi]]'', [[Macroglossum stellatarum|hummingbird hawk-moth]] and ''[[Schinia indiana]]'' (which feeds exclusively on ''P.&nbsp;pilosa'').  Phlox species are also a popular food source for [[groundhog]]s, [[rabbit]]s and [[deer]].
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