Index / Search / Stephanomeria minor

§1 Plant

Stephanomeria minor (Hook.) Nutt.

vernacular lesser wirelettuce — species · Asteraceae


USDA
STMI13
GBIF
3141069 syn.
Rank
species
lesser wirelettuce (Stephanomeria minor)
Platephotograph · Jim MorefieldCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Subshrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Stephanomeria
§2a

Native status, by region

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

County-level range

· 91 counties across 10 states/territories
Legend Native · 91 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 91 counties across 10 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 10 N
Colorado view state ↗ 4 N
Idaho view state ↗ 18 N
Montana view state ↗ 12 N
Nevada view state ↗ 8 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 10 N
North Dakota view state ↗ 3 N
Texas view state ↗ 6 N
Utah view state ↗ 15 N
Wyoming view state ↗ 5 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/STMI13 ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/3141069 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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