Slender Phlox - Microsteris gracilis
Other Names:
Phlox gracilis
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S4S5
C-value:
3
Agency Status
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Taprooted annual. Stems erect, simple or branched, 2–30 cm. Herbage glabrate, glandular-puberulent on the stems. Leaves sessile, entire, opposite below, alternate above, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 5–35 mm long. Inflorescence loose to glomerate, of single or paired flowers at branch tips. Flowers 5-merous; calyx 5–9 mm long with hyaline intercostal membranes; corolla, salverform, the tube white to yellow, 7–10 mm long, the lobes white to deep pink and 1–3 mm long; stamens included in the tube, unequally inserted with filaments shorter than the anthers. Capsule 3–5 mm long with 1 seed per locule (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Often disturbed soil of grasslands, steppe, woodlands, rock outcrops, forest openings; plains, valleys, montane (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).