Phlox cuspidata

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

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| image = Phlox cuspidata 260793771.jpg

| image_caption = In Texas

| genus = Phlox

| species = cuspidata

| authority = Scheele

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = *Phlox cuspidata var. grandiflora {{small|Whitehouse}}

• Phlox cuspidata var. humilis {{small|Whitehouse}}
• Phlox cuspidata var. typica {{small|Whitehouse}}
• Phlox drummondii var. tenuis {{small|A.Gray}}
• Phlox tenuis {{small|(A.Gray) E.E.Nelson}}

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Phlox cuspidata, the pointed phlox, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae, native to the US states of Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana.{{cite POWO |id=689708-1 |title=Phlox cuspidata Scheele |access-date=20 May 2023 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PHCU2 |title=Phlox cuspidata Scheele Pointed Phlox |author= |date=5 December 2022 |website=Plant Database |publisher=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center |access-date=20 May 2023}} An annual reaching {{cvt|25|cm|in|0}}, its hybridization dynamics with and partial reproductive isolation from Phlox drummondii are the subject of scientific inquiry.{{cite journal |title=Pollen competition and environmental effects on hybridization dynamics between Phlox drummondii and Phlox cuspidata |year=2008 |last1=Ruane |first1=Lauren G. |last2=Donohue |first2=Kathleen |journal=Evolutionary Ecology |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=229–241 |doi=10.1007/s10682-007-9174-8 |bibcode=2008EvEco..22..229R |s2cid=24618313 }}