Phlox amoena Sims

Stems erect, ascending, or decumbent at base, 1.5–3 dm, finely hairy; lvs narrowly oblong-oblanceolate to lanceolate, tending to be erect or ascending, ± pubescent, the margins ciliate; infl very dense and compact; its branches very short, the pedicels 1–4 mm; cal pubescent, not glandular; cor 1.5–2 cm wide, usually red-purple, varying to blue-purple or white, the tube glabrous; style short; 2n=14. Dry woods, sandy pine-lands, and open slopes; s. Ky. to w. N.C., n. Fla., and e. Miss. Apr.–June.

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.