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§1 Plant — variety · Polemoniaceae

Microsteris gracilis (Hook.) Greene var. gracilis

vernacular slender phlox


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

§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 15 of 56 Montana counties.


§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-2026-05-25

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