Frasera caroliniensis, commonly known as American columbo or yellow gentian, is a herbaceous perennial of the gentian family Gentianaceae found in the deciduous forest of Southern …

American Columbo is the only eastern species, making flowering plants easy to identity. Immature plants consisting of basal leaves, however, can be confused with the immature stage of False …

Its flowers have four large sepals that branch out from the central ovary and four white to light green petals, each with purple spots and a conspicuous, fringed nectar pad. Leaves are three …

The flowers themselves are small but gorgeous, dotted with purple and adorned with fringed nectar pads. American columbo is found through much of the Midwest, in a zone from roughly …

Illinois wildflowers says “This herbaceous plant is a monocarpic perennial. It persists as a rosette of 3-30 basal leaves for 5-15 years (or more), finally bolting as a flowering plant that becomes …

Plant database entry for American Columbo (Frasera caroliniensis) with one comment and 15 data details.

American Columbo is an herbaceous, perennial plant with basal leaves in a rosette pattern. This rather unusual plant is classified as monocarpic. It remains short, not flowering for many years …

American columbo is a unique plant that spends most of its life as a large clump of basal foliage. It matures in 5 to 15 years at which time a tall spike of purple-speckled, green flowers appear. …

Frasera caroliniensis is a PERENNIAL growing to 2.5 m (8ft 2in). See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 2. It is in flower from July to August. The species is hermaphrodite (has …

American Columbo grows primarily in open deciduous forests, and to a lesser extent along open forest edges and dense shrub thickets in Ontario. It is most commonly found in dry upland …