Frasera puberulenta
Inyo frasera
Family: Gentianaceae · Type: perennial · Native
Inyo frasera is a California native perennial found in central Sierra Nevada and White and Inyo Mountains in dry, open conifer woodland at elevations of 1,700 to 3,400 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces green-white flowers with distinctive purple dots and streaks, arranged in an open inflorescence with pedicels 5 to 35 millimeters long. Growing 1 to 3 decimeters tall with one to several stems that are puberulent, it develops a distinctive growth pattern with basal leaves 2 to 12 centimeters long and narrowly white-margined. Its leaves are narrowly obovate to elliptic-oblong, with basal leaves 6 to 17 millimeters wide and obtuse or mucronate tips, while cauline leaves are opposite and become progressively more oblong to lanceolate. The flower corolla features oblong-obovate lobes with abruptly acuminate tips and a low, fringed ridge between stamens.
Habitat: Dry, open conifer woodland
Bloom period: Jun-Aug
Elevation: 1700-3400 m
Bioregions: c&s SNH, W&I
California counties: Inyo, Mono
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