Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Frasera gypsicola (Barneby) D.M.Post |
Bibliography | Bot. Gaz. 120: 3 (1958) |
Native Range | Nevada to Utah |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1500-1700m |
Description | glabrous, all leaves linear, opposite, with white margins, basal leaves crowded, erect, upper leaves patent, flowers in racemose thyrsus, corolla purple variegate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Swertia gypsicola Barneby |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |