Index / Search / Microsteris gracilis var. humilior

§1 Plant

Microsteris gracilis (Hook.) Greene var. humilior (Hook.) Cronquist

vernacular slender phlox — variety · Polemoniaceae


USDA
MIGRH
GBIF
4274765 syn.
Rank
variety
slender phlox (Microsteris gracilis var. humilior)
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

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 105 counties across 9 states/territories
Legend Native · 105 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 105 counties across 9 states/territories.

Colorado view state ↗ 22 N
Idaho view state ↗ 14 N
Montana view state ↗ 2 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 3 N
Nevada view state ↗ 16 N
Oregon view state ↗ 3 N
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 N
Utah view state ↗ 23 N
Wyoming view state ↗ 19 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/MIGRH ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/4274765 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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