Frasera albomarginata var. induta

(Tidestrom) Card

Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 18: 275. 1931.

Endemic
Basionym: Frasera induta Tidestrom Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 36: 183. 1921
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 14.

Inflorescence branches densely puberulent. Flowers: calyx lobes puberulent abaxially except near midvein; distal end of differentiated area on corolla lobes rounded, truncate, or shallowly notched.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat: Dry, open, rocky pinyon woods.
Elevation: 1500–2200 m.

Discussion

Variety induta is restricted to the Clark Mountains in San Bernardino County, California, and the Spring (Charleston) Mountains in southern Nevada.

The name Swertia albomarginata var. purpusii has been applied in part to Frasera albomarginata var. induta but is typified by a specimen of F. puberulenta.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
James S. Pringle +
(Tidestrom) Card +
Frasera induta +
Calif. +  and Nev. +
1500–2200 m. +
Dry, open, rocky pinyon woods. +
Flowering late spring–summer. +
Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. +
Leucocraspedum albomarginatum +  and Swertia albomarginata +
Frasera albomarginata var. induta +
Frasera albomarginata +
variety +