Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Frasera albicaulis Griseb. |
Bibliography | Gen. Sp. Gent.: 330 (1838) |
Native Range | w. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 500-2600m |
Description | subglabrous, leaves narrowly oblanceolate, 6-15cm, upwards smaller, linear, inflorescence narrow, interrupted thyrsus, flowers deep blue variegate, lobes 6-8mm, acute |
Size | 10-60cm |
Color | pale blue |
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 | Frasera albicaulis f. alba H.St.John Frasera nitida var. albicaulis (Griseb.) Card Leucocraspedum albicaule (Griseb.) Rydb. Swertia albicaulis (Griseb.) Douglas ex Kuntze Swertia albicaulis f. alba (H.St.John) H.St.John Swertia bethelii H.St.John Swertia californica H.St.John Swertia watsonii H.St.John |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada) |