PLANTS Profile for Frasera caroliniensis (American columbo)

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Frasera caroliniensis Walter
American columbo

Symbol:

FRCA2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Gentianaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Swertia caroliniensis

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Frasera caroliniensis Walter

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Synonyms:
Frasera caroliniensis Walter

	FROF	Frasera officinalis W. Bartram
	FRVE3	Frasera verticillata Raf.
	FRWA	Frasera walteri Michx.
	SWCA	Swertia caroliniensis (Walter) Kuntze

Distribution:
Frasera caroliniensis Walter


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USA (AL, AR, GA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MO, MS, NC, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, VA), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Frasera caroliniensis Walter

View 17 genera in Gentianaceae, 13 species in Frasera

Classification:
Frasera caroliniensis Walter

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Gentianales
Family	Gentianaceae – Gentian family
Genus	Frasera Walter – green gentian
Species	Frasera caroliniensis Walter – American columbo

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Frasera caroliniensis Walter

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New York:
green gentian		Threatened
Pennsylvania:
American columbo		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Frasera caroliniensis Walter

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502651.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/23/2008 10:05 AM MDT