Index / Search / Microsteris gracilis
§1 Plant
Microsteris gracilis (Hook.) Greene
vernacular slender phlox — species · Polemoniaceae
§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
· 264 counties across 14 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 264 counties across 14 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 11 N ▾
California view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Alpine 06003
- Amador 06005
- Butte 06007
- Calaveras 06009
- Colusa 06011
- Contra Costa 06013
- Del Norte 06015
- El Dorado 06017
- Fresno 06019
- Glenn 06021
- Humboldt 06023
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Kings 06031
- Lake 06033
- Lassen 06035
- Los Angeles 06037
- Marin 06041
- Mariposa 06043
- Mendocino 06045
- Merced 06047
- Modoc 06049
- Mono 06051
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Placer 06061
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- San Benito 06069
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Joaquin 06077
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Shasta 06089
- Sierra 06091
- Siskiyou 06093
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Stanislaus 06099
- Sutter 06101
- Tehama 06103
- Trinity 06105
- Tulare 06107
- Tuolumne 06109
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
- Yuba 06115
Colorado view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Archuleta 08007
- Boulder 08013
- Custer 08027
- Delta 08029
- Dolores 08033
- Douglas 08035
- El Paso 08041
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Huerfano 08055
- Jefferson 08059
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Mesa 08077
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Routt 08107
- San Juan 08111
- Summit 08117
- Weld 08123
Idaho view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Baker 41001
- Benton 41003
- Clackamas 41005
- Clatsop 41007
- Columbia 41009
- Crook 41013
- Curry 41015
- Deschutes 41017
- Douglas 41019
- Gilliam 41021
- Grant 41023
- Harney 41025
- Hood River 41027
- Jackson 41029
- Jefferson 41031
- Josephine 41033
- Klamath 41035
- Lake 41037
- Lane 41039
- Lincoln 41041
- Linn 41043
- Malheur 41045
- Marion 41047
- Morrow 41049
- Multnomah 41051
- Sherman 41055
- Tillamook 41057
- Umatilla 41059
- Union 41061
- Wallowa 41063
- Wasco 41065
- Washington 41067
- Wheeler 41069
- Yamhill 41071
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Daggett 49009
- Davis 49011
- Duchesne 49013
- Garfield 49017
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Morgan 49029
- Piute 49031
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Washington 49053
- Weber 49057
Washington view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Adams 53001
- Asotin 53003
- Benton 53005
- Chelan 53007
- Clallam 53009
- Clark 53011
- Columbia 53013
- Douglas 53017
- Ferry 53019
- Franklin 53021
- Garfield 53023
- Grant 53025
- Grays Harbor 53027
- Island 53029
- Jefferson 53031
- King 53033
- Kittitas 53037
- Klickitat 53039
- Lewis 53041
- Lincoln 53043
- Mason 53045
- Okanogan 53047
- Pend Oreille 53051
- Pierce 53053
- San Juan 53055
- Skagit 53057
- Skamania 53059
- Spokane 53063
- Stevens 53065
- Thurston 53067
- Walla Walla 53071
- Whatcom 53073
- Whitman 53075
- Yakima 53077
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MIGR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2927755 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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