A new and unique cultivar of hybrid creeping phlox named Phlox ‘;Purple Sprite’; multi-stemmed, short, upright, slowly-spreading habit with clean, green, glossy, lanceolate to linear leaves with exceptional powdery mildew resistance. Flowers are bright purple with small near-white eye and dark purple markings nearly covering the top of the plant in peak flowering season about one week later than typical Phlox subulata. ‘;Purple Sprite’; is especially useful as a containerized plant and for the flower garden.