Santa Catalina Mountain Phlox (Phlox tenuifolia)
Description
Phlox tenuifolia (Santa Catalina Mountain phlox) is a white flowered plant in the phlox family (Polemoniaceae) that can be found with stems climbing through shrubs and other vegetation growing on rocky slopes of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona.:65 Botanist Richard Spellenberg has described its floral displays over supporting vegetation as "spectacular":65
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Ericales
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Family: Polemoniaceae
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Genus: Phlox
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