(Monument Plant)
Frasera speciosa, Lower Cataract Lake, Summit Co. 0931
Frasera speciosa, Lower Cataract Lake, Summit Co. 5456
Frasera speciosa, Lower Cataract Lake, Summit Co. 5468
Frasera speciosa, Lower Cataract Lake, Summit Co. 5462
Frasera speciosa and Nokhu Crags, State Forest State Park, Jackson Co. 9618
| Scientific Name | Frasera speciosa | USDA PLANTS Symbol | FRSP |
| Common Name | Monument Plant, Elkweed | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 502660 |
| Family | Gentianaceae (Gentian) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Life zones and habitat: Foothills to alpine (5900 to 12,500 ft.); open meadows and hillsides, in aspen and conifer woodlands. Plant: Erect perennial or biennial 2 to 6-1/2 ft. tall; thick, stout, rigid, unbranched stem. Leaves: Large elliptic to oblanceolate leaves in a basal rosette and whorls around the stem, 8 to 20 inches long, becoming smaller upward. Inflorescence: Compound cyme the length of the stalk with light green flowers that have 4 greenish-white elliptic to ovate petals with dark specs and sometimes streaked with purple, and with acuminate tips; large ovary with greenish pistil; 4 greenish stamens with yellow-green anthers; sepals just below petals are green and linear-lanceolate. Bloom Period: June to September. References: "Flora of Colorado" by Jennifer Ackerfield, American Southwest and SEINet. |
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Colorado Status: Native |
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