Phlox hoodii subsp. canescens

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Hood's phlox is a California native perennial found in northern Sierra Nevada and Great Basin regions in open, rocky areas, sagebrush scrub, and pinyon/juniper woodland at elevations of 1,500 to 2,700 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces white to lilac flowers with a corolla tube 10 to 12 millimeters long. Growing as a low, compact mat or cushion-like form with glabrous stems, it forms dense ground-covering clusters. Its leaves are small, awl-like, and generally hairy, creating a soft, textured appearance. The plant's woolly calyx near the lobe bases adds to its distinctive alpine and desert mountain adaptation.

Habitat: Open, rocky areas, sagebrush scrub, pinyon/juniper woodland

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 1500-2700 m

Bioregions: n SNH, GB

California counties: Siskiyou, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Alpine, Tuolumne, Kern, Lassen, Sierra, Plumas

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.