Index / Search / Linanthus caespitosus
§1 Plant
Linanthus caespitosus (Nutt.) J.M. Porter & L.A. Johnson
vernacular mat prickly phlox — species · Polemoniaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polemoniaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Linanthus
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 19 counties across 5 states/territories§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 19 counties across 5 states/territories.
Colorado view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LICA36 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/4057513 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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