''Phlox nivalis'' is a species of flowering plant in the

Polemoniaceae The Polemoniaceae (Jacob's-ladder or phlox family) are a family of flowering plants consisting of about 27 genera with 270–400 species of annuals and perennials native to the Northern Hemisphere and South America, with the center of diversity ...

family with the

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trailing phlox and pineland phlox. It is native to the southeastern United States, Texas, Michigan, and Utah. One subspecies of this plant, ''Phlox nivalis'' subsp. ''texensis'', the Texas trailing phlox or Texan phlox, is a rare plant federally listed as an

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of the United States. The subspecies is

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Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

, where there are populations in three counties. At one time, the subspecies was thought to be

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. It was rediscovered in 1972.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q16987987 nivalis Flora of Northern America