| Name | Phlox carolina Linnaeus |
| Authorship | Linnaeus |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Phlox Linnaeus |
| Contains | Phlox carolina subsp. alta Wherry Phlox carolina subsp. angusta Wherry Phlox carolina subsp. triflora (Michaux) Wherry Phlox carolina subsp. turritella Wherry |
| Holdings | 54 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Phlox carolina Linnaeus |
| Identification made in | [no date] (50), 1987 (1), 2004 (1), 2006 (2) |