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§1 Plant — species · Hydrophyllaceae
Ellisia nyctelea (L.) L.
vernacular Aunt Lucy
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Hydrophyllaceae R. Br.
- Genus
- Ellisia
§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 33 of 56 Montana counties.
Native · 33 counties
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fergus 30027
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Glacier 30035
- Hill 30041
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Liberty 30051
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Park 30067
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Richland 30083
- Rosebud 30087
- Sheridan 30091
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Valley 30105
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ELNY ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2928303 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25
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