moss pink

Noun

• low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers; native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground cover

• low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowers

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  mountain phlox , moss phlox , dwarf phlox , Phlox subulata , ground pink , fringed pink , Linanthus dianthiflorus