⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name record (from Tropicos) is not included in version 1.1 of The Plant List. It is possible the same name is included from a different data source, to check this you can search for Phlox caespitosa in version 1.1 of The Plant List.
This name is a synonym of Phlox sibirica subsp. pulvinata .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 25800743
) with original publication details: Notul. Nat. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 87: 10, f. 2 10 1941.
Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:193390-2
.