Common Name: Showy Phlox

USDA lists 6 subspecies:
ssp. lanceolata: (Showy Phlox) WA, OR
ssp. lignosa: (Showy Phlox) WA, OR
ssp. nitida: (Showy Phlox) WA, OR, CA
ssp. occidentalis: (Showy Phlox) wNA
ssp. speciosa: (Showy Phlox) WA, OR, ID
ssp. woodhousei: (Woodhouse's Phlox) AZ, NM

Note both distinctive (deeply) notch at end of petal, and shorter style (as compared with P. longifolia).

east Central Cascades
TRAIL: Umtanum Ridge
HABITAT: Shrub-steppe
ELEVATION: 530 m (1,740 ft.)
BLOOM TIME: 22-APR