Frasera speciosa

Showy Green-gentian

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Species group: Plants

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Classification

Kingdom:

Plantae

Phylum:

Anthophyta

Class:

Dicotyledoneae

Order:

Gentianales

Family:

Gentianaceae

Genus:

Frasera

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Distribution

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Frasera speciosa Douglas ex Griseb.:
United States (North America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

References:

Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. Cal. Fl. 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Cronquist, A. J., A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren. 1984. Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. 4: 1–573. In A. J. Cronquist, A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren (eds.) Intermount. Fl. Hafner Pub. Co., New York.

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Missouri Botanical Garden

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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110 USA

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Swertia radiata (Kellogg) Kuntze:
United States (North America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

References:

Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Man. Vasc. Pl. Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
Great Plains Flora Association. 1986. Fl. Great Plains i–vii, 1–1392. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
Hickman, J. C. 1993. Jepson Man.: Higher Pl. Calif. i–xvii, 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.

Source:

Missouri Botanical Garden

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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110 USA

National Distribution

United States

Origin: Unknown/Undetermined

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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This species is a long-lived perennial monocarp (flowers once and then dies). It is very common near the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (9,500 feet elevation, Colorado), where the average height of flowering stalks is about 5 feet, with about 600 flowers. At lower altitudes stalks can reach 9 feet, and in the alpine tundra stalks can be less than a foot. Average age of flowering in an alpine population at 12,300 feet (near Cumberland Pass) is about 50 years. Flowers are visited by many kinds of insects, and hummingbirds, but most pollination is probably accomplished by bumble bees and moths.

References:

Beattie, A., D. Breedlove, and P. Ehrlich. 1973. The ecology of the pollinators and predators of Frasera speciosa. Ecology 54:81-91.
Inouye, D. W. 1986. Long-term preformation of leaves and inflorescences by a long-lived perennial monocarp, Frasera speciosa, Gentianaceae. American Journal of Botany 73:1535-1540.
Inouye, D. W. and O. R. Taylor, Jr. 1980. Variation in generation time in Frasera speciosa (Gentianaceae), a long-lived perennial monocarp. Oecologia 47:171-174.
Taylor, O. R., Jr. and D. W. Inouye. 1985. Synchrony and periodicity of flowering in Frasera speciosa (Gentianaceae). Ecology 66:521-527.

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David Inouye

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Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

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NatureServe

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NatureServe

NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: G4 - Apparently Secure

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NatureServe Explorer

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Classification

Other Global Common Names:

Monument Plant - elkweed

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Taxonomy:

Informal Taxonomy:

Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Gentian Family

Formal Taxonomy:

Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Gentianales - Gentianaceae - Frasera

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NatureServe Global Status Rank:

G4G5

Global Status Last Reviewed:

1986-05-08

Global Status Last Changed:

1986-05-08

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Frasera speciosa

Showy Green-gentian

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United States

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