A great Western North American Phlox not often seen in cultivation. Locally this clumping dryland phlox can be found across the eastern foothills of the Sierra Nevada Range. I see it most often on dry slopes with an eastern exposure, were it gets light shade in the late afternoon. Colors range from pure white through rich, bright shades of pink. In full bloom the blossoms can literally conseal the foliage.
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PHSP
http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?ID=3360
http://www.pnwflowers.com/flower/phlox-speciosa
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/ofp/phl_spe.htm
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/record_species_294_17_20...
