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§1 Plant — subspecies · Santalaceae

Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt. ssp. pallida (A. DC.) Piehl

vernacular pale bastard toadflax


USDA
COUMP
GBIF
6361571
Rank
subspecies
pale bastard toadflax (Comandra umbellata ssp. pallida)
Platephotograph · there_be_dragonsCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Subshrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Santalaceae R. Br.
Genus
Comandra
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Montana distribution

Recorded in 47 of 56 Montana counties.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/COUMP ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/6361571 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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