PHLOX

noun (plural ~ or ~es) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, a flower, from Greek, flame, wallflower Date: circa 1706 any of a genus ( Phlox of the family Polemoniaceae, the ~ family) of American annual or perennial herbs that have red, purple, white, or variegated flowers, a salverform corolla with the stamens on its tube, and a 3-valved capsular fruit