Gentianaceae
Elkweed
Frasera speciosa
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Genus
- Frasera
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Elkweed
- nv
- Bįįh yiljaaʼí, Chʼil bikétłʼóół łitsooí
Synonyms
- Frasera ampla Greene
- Frasera angustifolia (Rydb.) Rydb.
- Frasera macrophylla Greene
- Frasera scabra (M.E.Jones) Rydb.
- Frasera speciosa var. angustifolia Rydb.
- Frasera speciosa var. scabra M.E.Jones
- Frasera speciosa var. stenosepala Rydb.
- Frasera stenosepala (Rydb.) Rydb.
- Frasera venosa Greene
- Swertia radiata (Kellogg) Kuntze
- Swertia radiata var. macrophylla (Greene) H.St.John
- Swertia radiata var. maderensis Henrickson
- Tessaranthium angustifolium (Rydb.) Rydb.
- Tessaranthium macrophyllum (Greene) Rydb.
- Tessaranthium radiatum Kellogg
- Tessaranthium scabrum (M.E.Jones) Rydb.
- Tessaranthium speciosum (Douglas ex Griseb.) Rydb.
- Tessaranthium stenosepalum (Rydb.) Rydb.
- Tesseranthium angustifolium Rydb.
- Tesseranthium macrophyllum Rydb.
- Tesseranthium radiatum Kellogg
- Tesseranthium speciosum Rydb.
- Tesseranthium stenosepalum Rydb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: MtBotany, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.