Frasera caroliniensis

Frasera caroliniensis

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Genus: Frasera
Species:
F. caroliniensis
Binomial name
Frasera caroliniensis
Synonyms

Swertia caroliniensis (Walter) Kuntze

Frasera caroliniensis, commonly known as American columbo or yellow gentian, is a herbaceous perennial of the gentian family Gentianaceae found in the deciduous forest of Southern Ontario and throughout the eastern and southeastern United States.[2] It was previously known as Swertia caroliniensis.

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.
  2. ^ Horn, N. C. 1997. An ecological study of Frasera caroliniensis. Castanea, journal of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society. 62(3): 185–193.