Wildflower

[Tap]

Not the best photo. Anybody know what these flowers are? I've been seeing them in my region for 10 years or so, and they've remained in tiny, patches and not many of them. But in the last couple years, it's really starting to spread. This is a boom-year for the stuff. It also comes in a pink variety.
Just wondering if this is a problem pest that's expanding.
I can get better pics if needed.
Thanks.

 

[sagittarius]

wild phlox

 

[Native Hunter]

Hard to say for sure with that distant pic, but I would agree with Sagittarius.

Based on the height I would say this is your phlox: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=l610

 

[John Barnes]

I have phlox in a flower bed here at the house. It will spread like crazy. Haxe no clue if it has wildlife value.

 

[KDdid]

Check against Dames Rocket. Up to 3-4 ft tall, it's all over No. Indiana.
https://sewisc.org/invasives/invasive-plants/63-dames-rocket

 

[Tap]

Check against Dames Rocket. Up to 3-4 ft tall, it's all over No. Indiana.
https://sewisc.org/invasives/invasive-plants/63-dames-rocket

I think that's what it is. I was starting to think that it might have been phlox, but according to some websites, phlox shouldn't be flowering yet.
I took a better close-up pic today.
Yet another invasive

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[KDdid]

I think that's what it is. I was starting to think that it might have been phlox, but according to some websites, phlox shouldn't be flowering yet.
I took a better close-up pic today.
Yet another invasive

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Invasive as hell. It's right behind garlic mustard in my area, but I can't convince my wife that it's not pretty in the flower beds.



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