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Gentianaceae
Green Gentian
Frasera speciosa
Patience rewarded.
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Genus
- Frasera
- Native to
- Western North America
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Type
- perennial herb
- Height
- 3-6 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun to part shade
- Soil
- well-drained, rocky
- Water
- low
- Hardiness
- 3-8
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Green gentian is monocarpic -- it grows as a rosette for 20 to 80 years before flowering once and dying.
- The tall flower stalk can produce hundreds of greenish-white flowers with purple speckling.
- It was named after John Fraser, a Scottish botanist who collected plants in North America.
- Native Americans used the roots medicinally as a bitter tonic and to treat stomach ailments.
- Populations tend to bloom synchronously, with mass flowering events occurring on multi-year cycles.
Color meanings
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endurance
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rare blooming