| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Frasera cusickii A.Gray |
| Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 310 (1887) |
| Native Range | Idaho to California |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 800-2200m |
| Description | stems glabrous, leaves with narrow white margins, the basal oblanceolate to oblong, glabrous or minutely strigose, inflorescence narrow, interrupted, calyx glabrous |
| Size | 10-45cm |
| Color | green-white, pale blue |
| Bloom | early 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 | Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii (A.Gray) C.L.Hitchc. Frasera coerulea Mulford Frasera nitida var. cusickii (A.Gray) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr. Leucocraspedum coeruleum (Mulford) Rydb. Swertia albicaulis var. cusickii (A.Gray) J.S.Pringle Swertia cusickii (A.Gray) H.St. John Swertia lassenica H.St.John Swertia nitida ssp. cusickii (A.Gray) Abrams |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |