Gentianaceae FAMILY

Frasera caroliniensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Frasera caroliniensis is a monocarpic, perennial plant, remaining as a basal rosette for several years before sending up a flowering stem around 100 - 250cm tall and then dying after setting seed[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine..

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeNorthern, Eastern and central N. America - Wisconsin to Ontario and New York, south to Oklahoma, Mississippi and Georgia

HabitatDry soils[ 235 Title An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada Publication Author Britton. N. L. Brown. A. Publisher Dover Publications. New York. Year 1970 ISBN 0-486-22642-5 Description Reprint of a 1913 Flora, but still a very useful book. ]. Deciduous, ± open woods, often ravines, calcareous soils; 100–700 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].