| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Frasera albomarginata S.Watson |
| Bibliography | Botany [Fortieth Parallel]: 280 (1871) |
| Native Range | sw. Colorado to s. California and New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 1000-2500m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves with white margins, 2-9cm, oblanceolate, acute, stem leaves in whorls, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, flowers in lax panicle, corolla 8-14mm, purple punctate |
| Size | 30-60cm |
| Color | greenish white |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
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| 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 | Leucocraspedum albomarginatum (S.Watson) Rydb. Swertia albomarginata (S.Watson) Kuntze Swertia albomarginata ssp. purpusii (Jeps.) A.E.Murray |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |