Eight species of Phlox occur in the Ohio flora: P. divaricata, P. glaberrima var. triflora, P. latifolia, P. maculata, P. paniculata, P. pilosa, P. stolonifera, and P. subulata var. subulata and var. brittonii. Phlox glaberrima var. glaberrima (incl. var. melampyrifolia) and var. interior are excluded from the state’s flora.