Microsteris gracilis

Microsteris gracilis

Microsteris gracilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Polemoniaceae
Subfamilia: Polemonioideae
Tribus: Phlocideae
Genus: Microsteris
Species: M. gracilis
Varietiesː M. g. var. gracilis – M. g. var. humilior

Name

Microsteris Greene Pittonia 3(18D): 300–303. (1898)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Collomia gracilis (Hook.) Douglas ex Benth. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1622 (1834)
  • Gilia gracilis Hook. in Bot. Mag. 56: t. 2924 (1829)
  • Navarretia gracilis (Hook.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 443 (1891)
  • Phlox gracilis (Hook.) Greene in Pittonia 1: 141 (1887)
  • Polemonium morenonis Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 203 (1898)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regionalː Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon Regionalː Western USA Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming Continental: Southern America Regionalː Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South Regionalː Western South America Bolivia, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Juan Fernández Is., Peru Regionalː Mexico Mexico Northwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Greene, E.L. 1898. Pittonia; a Series of Papers Relating to Botany and Botanists 300.

Additional references

• Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O., Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C.F.S. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur (Argentina, Sur de Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1): i–xcvi, 1–983; 107(2): i–xx, 985–2286; 107(3): i–xxi, 2287–3348. ISBN 978-1-930723-70-2 ResearchGate (Vol. 2, Asteraceae); ResearchGate (Vol. 2, pp. 1581–1627, Bignoniaceae) . Reference page. 
• Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Microsteris gracilis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 March 14. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: slender phlox

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