Phlox adsurgens

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Phlox_adsurgens_2.jpg

|status = G4

|status_system = TNC

|genus = Phlox

|species = adsurgens

|authority = Torr. ex A.Gray

|synonyms_ref={{cite POWO |id=193339-2 |title=Phlox adsurgens Torr. ex A.Gray |access-date=25 May 2023}}

|synonyms=Armeria adsurgens {{small|(Torr. ex A.Gray) Kuntze}}

}}

Phlox adsurgens, the northern phlox, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae.{{cite web |url=https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=6432 |title=Phlox adsurgens |website=Calflora.org |access-date=3 May 2021 }} It is native to the United States, in Oregon and a section of the northern Coast Ranges of California, where it belongs to the flora in forested and wooded mountain habitat. This decumbent herbaceous perennial has erect branches up to {{cvt|30|cm|ft|0|sp=us}} long. The oval leaves are {{cvt|1|to|3|cm|in|frac=5|sp=us}} long and oppositely arranged in pairs. The inflorescence is a cluster of five-lobed pink flowers.

It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web |title=Phlox adsurgens northern phlox |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/12712/phlox-adsurgens/details |date=2023 |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=25 May 2023 }}

The Latin specific epithet adsurgens means "rising upwards".{{cite book |last=Harrison |first=Lorraine |title=RHS Latin for Gardeners |year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley |location=United Kingdom |isbn=184533731X }}