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Frasera speciosa

Species category

Herb or Spice, Weed

Common name

elkweed, deer ears, green gentian, monument-plant, monument plant, showy frasera

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.

Shape

Irregularly rhombic to diamond

Size

  • Length 3–3.5 mm 
  • Width 1.4–2 mm 
  • Thickness 0.6–0.7 mm 

Color

Brown

Texture

Stipulate

Other structures

Seeds are laterally compressed and slightly winged at the margin.

Identification notes

Outline shape varies from triangular to diamond.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Gentianaceae

Valid name

Frasera speciosa Douglas ex Griseb.

Synonyms

Frasera angustifolia (Rydb.) Rydb.
Frasera macrophylla Greene
Frasera speciosa Douglas ex Griseb. var. angustifolia Rydb.
Frasera speciosa Douglas ex Griseb. var. stenosepala Rydb.
Frasera stenosepala (Rydb.) Rydb.
Swertia radiata (Kellogg) Kuntze
Swertia radiata (Kellogg) Kuntze var. macrophylla (Greene) H. St. John
Tesseranthium angustifolium (Rydb.) Rydb.
Tesseranthium macrophyllum (Greene) Rydb.
Tesseranthium radiatum Kellogg

Frasera speciosa.  True seeds, laterally compressed and slightly winged at the margin.
Frasera speciosa. True seeds, laterally compressed and slightly winged at the margin.