It is a perennial herbaceous plant that is native to the eastern United States.

[1] It occurs in woodlands and stream banks[1] in the vicinity of the Appalachian Mountains from Pennsylvania south to northern Georgia.

They lack the central band of color that is present in the flowers of the related Phlox subulata.

[3] The Latin specific epithet stolonifera means having stolons or rooting runners.

Creeping Phlox is widely used as a groundcover Its trailing growth habit and dense mat-like foliage help suppress weed growth and prevent soil erosion on slopes or in areas where grass may not thrive.