Phlox austromontana Calflora

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Taxon Report

Phlox austromontana Coville

Southern mountain phlox

Phlox austromontana is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~266 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Phlox
Family:	Polemoniaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


JEF	Phlox austromontana ssp. austromontana
JEF	Phlox austromontana ssp. prostrata
OTHER	Phlox diffusa ssp. subcarinata

Information about Phlox austromontana from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (PHAU3) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 03/30/2025).