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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Frasera caroliniensis
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about American Columbo at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Frasera caroliniensis
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-03-001:
Swertia caroliniensis
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
COMMON NAME:
American Columbo
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_frca2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm170408_466
April Laurens County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm170408_468
April Laurens County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm170408_470
April Laurens County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7292
April Rabun County GA
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_frasera_carolinensis
April
The leafy, robust stems may be over 3m tall, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
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Wesley Burnett gwb070528_0639b
May Laurens County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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Wesley Burnett gwb070528_0640
May Laurens County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Calyx lobes lanceolate, 0.6-1.5cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Wesley Burnett gwb070528_0647
May Laurens County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Produces only basal rosettes for several years, then flowers and dies, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
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JK Marlow jkm070528_027
May Laurens County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Basal rosette leaves oblanceolate, to 60cm long, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
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JK Marlow jkm070528_038
May Laurens County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Pollinator at work
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JK Marlow jkm070528_049
May Laurens County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm070528_053
May Laurens County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_f_caroliniensis_14
May
Each 5/8" long petal has near its center a green gland fringed w long hairs, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_f_caroliniensis_7
May
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Frasera caroliniensis
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Frasera caroliniensis
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-03-001:
Swertia caroliniensis
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
1476
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in rich forests over mafic or calcareous rocks, upper slopes of cove forests, floodplain forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
...Variable
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & whorls of 3-9 (mostly 4)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish/Whitish
with brownish-purple dots
Radially symmetrical
4-lobed calyx
4-5 lobed rotate corolla
4 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gentians of the Eastern US p056
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p183
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p152
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p455
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p198
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p185
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p125