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§1 Plant
Frasera speciosa Douglas ex Griseb.
vernacular elkweed — species · Gentianaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Gentianaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Frasera
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 165 counties across 13 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 165 counties across 13 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 10 N ▾
California view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Boulder 08013
- Clear Creek 08019
- Dolores 08033
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Jefferson 08059
- Larimer 08069
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Park 08093
- Pueblo 08101
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Teller 08119
Idaho view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 10 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Davis 49011
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Morgan 49029
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Washington view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/FRSP ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7948050 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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