Frasera albomarginata S.Watson is a plant in the Gentianaceae family, order Gentianales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Frasera albomarginata S.Watson

Frasera albomarginata S.Watson

Frasera albomarginata is a North American perennial herb with distinct white-margined green leaves and speckled greenish-white flowers.

Family
Genus
Frasera
Order
Gentianales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Frasera albomarginata S.Watson

Frasera albomarginata is a perennial herb that grows one or more stems reaching 30 to 60 centimeters tall. Its leaves are green with clearly defined white margins. The basal leaves are lance-shaped, growing up to 9 centimeters long and 1 centimeter wide. Leaves positioned higher up the stem are smaller and narrower, and they grow in either whorls or opposite pairs. The inflorescence is an open panicle of flowers located at the top of the stem. Each flower has a corolla made of four pointed lobes that are greenish white, with darker green coloring at the tips and purple speckles. The flower has four stamens tipped with large anthers, and a central ovary. This species flowers from April to August.

Photo: (c) Stan Shebs, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · cc-by-sa

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Gentianales Gentianaceae Frasera

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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