Frasera tubulosa

Kern frasera

Family: Gentianaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Kern frasera is a California native perennial found in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains in open pine woodland at elevations of 1,800 to 2,700 meters. Flowering from July to August, this plant produces white to pale blue flowers with darker blue veins, bell-shaped and approximately 1.3 centimeters long. Growing 0.6 to 1.1 meters tall with a single stem, it features distinctive white-margined leaves that curve downward near their tips. Its basal leaves are oblanceolate, 2 to 9 centimeters long and 3 to 10 millimeters wide, with mucronate tips, while cauline leaves are arranged in whorls with linear-oblong shapes. The plant has an elongate inflorescence with pedicels 2 to 25 millimeters long, creating a continuous flowering display above the foliage.

Habitat: Open pine woodland

Bloom period: Jul-Aug

Elevation: 1800-2700 m

Bioregions: s SN.

California counties: Kern, Tulare, Inyo

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.