This section is from the book "Who's Who Among The Wild Flowers", by W. I. Beecroft. Also available from Amazon: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.
Phlox pilosa.
Polemonium Family. May - June.
A downy-stemmed plant 1 - 2 feet high, found in dry, sandy soil. Ontario to Manitoba, New Jersey, Florida, Arkansas and Texas.
Borne in terminal clusters, crimson-pink, purplish or white, 5-parted; somewhat sticky immediately beneath the flower.
Narrow or lance-shaped, toothless, stemless.
 
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