Index / Search / Microsteris gracilis var. gracilis

§1 Plant

Microsteris gracilis (Hook.) Greene var. gracilis

vernacular slender phlox — variety · Polemoniaceae


USDA
MIGRG4
GBIF
7223729
Rank
variety
slender phlox (Microsteris gracilis var. gracilis)
Platephotograph · Logan Crees source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual
Group
Dicot
Family
Polemoniaceae Juss.
Genus
Microsteris
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Introduced
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 175 counties across 13 states/territories
Legend Native · 175 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 175 counties across 13 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 10 N ▾
California view state ↗ 53 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 34 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 24 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 4 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/MIGRG4 ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/7223729 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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