Phlox condensata (Alpine Phlox)
Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family)

Subalpine, alpine. Meadows, tundra, rocks. Summer.

"Condensata" is Latin for "coming together thickly", i.e., "dense", referring to the thick mat of tiny leaves.

Charles Parry collected the first specimen of Phlox condensata in Colorado in 1861.