Frasera

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Read about Frasera in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Frasera (John Fraser, English botanist, collected in Amer. 1785-96 and published Walter's "Flora Caroliniana"). Gentianaceae;. Columbo. Large stout glabrous herbs, all N. American, and all but 1 far-western with a single st. from thick bitter mostly biennial roots, opposite or whorled lvs., and cymose panicled clusters of dull white, yellowish or bluish fls. which are commonly dark-spotted; calyx deeply 4- parted; corolla wheel-shaped, 4-parted, persistent, the lobes glandular within; stamens 4, the filaments often united at the base; ovary 1-celled, the stigma entire or 2-lobed.—Species 8, mostly in woods or dry soils. Three of the species have been offered in the trade, but are probably very little planted. F. carolinensis, Walt., of the eastern states and Ont., is a biennial or short lived perennial, 3-4 ft. tall, with lance-oblong or spatulate veiny lvs. mostly in 4's, and greenish yellow purple-dotted fls. CH


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