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Microsteris gracilis
Microsteris gracilis
Slender Phlox
Photographer: Steve Matson

ID: 0000 0000 0403 0874 (2003-04-27)

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  Apr 27, 2003
  • location   Placer County, Martis Valley, Martis Creek Wildlife Refuge, north of hwy. 267, west of Martis Creek, near 'vernal pools'. (Placer County, California, US)
  • family Polemoniaceae
  • synonyms Phlox gracilis
  • camera   Canon EOS D60 with 100mm macro lens
  • contributor's ID #  C:Botany ImagesPolemoniaceaePhloxgracilis3-75.jpg C:Botany ImagesPolemoniaceaePhloxgracilis143-4375_IMG.JPG
  • photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

  • ADDITIONAL TAXONOMIC NOTES FOR THIS PHOTO
  • name change notes   May 21 2014: TJM1->TJM2 update via script. TJM1 name: Phlox gracilis ; TJM2 name: Microsteris gracilis

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Slender Phlox (ITIS )
  • Look for Jepson Manual treatments, maps (University & Jepson Herbaria)
  • View Calflora record for Microsteris gracilis
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  • Check Google Images for Microsteris gracilis


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    1. Reviewed by Michael Jones    Mar 10, 2025

    Action: commented on photo

    Reviewer's comments:
         "Microsteris would generally be glandular-hairy above, with truncate to notched corolla lobes. But to be a Collomia the calyx membrane would be spout-shaped at the sinus."

     
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