Phlox cuspidata

Phlox cuspidata, the pointed phlox, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae, native to the US states of Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana.^[1][2] An annual reaching 25 cm (10 in), its hybridization dynamics with and partial reproductive isolation from Phlox drummondii are the subject of scientific inquiry.^[2][3]

Phlox cuspidata
In Texas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Polemoniaceae
Genus:	Phlox
Species:	P. cuspidata
Binomial name
Phlox cuspidata Scheele
Synonyms[1]
Phlox cuspidata var. grandiflora Whitehouse Phlox cuspidata var. humilis Whitehouse Phlox cuspidata var. typica Whitehouse Phlox drummondii var. tenuis A.Gray Phlox tenuis (A.Gray) E.E.Nelson