Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Frasera coloradensis (C.M.Rodgers) D.M.Post |
Bibliography | Bot. Gaz. 120: 3 (1958) |
Native Range | Colorado |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1200-1700m |
Description | leaves oblong-elliptic with white margins, thick, glabrous or minutely pubescent, stem leaves similar, flowers in lax, leafy panicle, petals 8-10mm long |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | greenish white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Swertia coloradensis C.M.Rogers |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) |