PHLOX

[phlox] n, pl phlox or phlox.es [NL, fr. L, a flower, fr. Gk, flame, wallflower] (ca. 1706): any of a genus (Phlox of the family Polemoniaceae, the phlox 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