Frasera
Frasera Frasera
Frasera (pronounced frah-SER-uh) is a genus of flowering plants in the gentian family, Gentianaceae. The genus is named after the Scottish botanist John Fraser.
Etymology
The genus name Frasera is derived from the name of the Scottish botanist John Fraser (1750–1811), who explored North America and collected many plant specimens.
Description
Frasera species are perennial herbs with a rosette of basal leaves and tall, erect flowering stems. The leaves are opposite, simple, and entire. The flowers are four-merous, with a deeply lobed calyx and corolla. The fruit is a capsule.
Species
There are approximately 20 species in the genus Frasera, including Frasera speciosa, also known as the monument plant or elkweed, and Frasera albicaulis, commonly known as the white-stemmed frasera.
Related Terms
- Gentianaceae: The gentian family, to which the genus Frasera belongs.
- Perennial: A type of plant that lives for more than two years.
- Herb: A plant that does not produce a woody stem.
- Rosette: A circular arrangement of leaves or of structures resembling leaves.
- Calyx: The outermost group of floral parts; the sepals.
- Corolla: The ring of petals of a flower.
- Capsule: A type of dry fruit produced by many flowering plants.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Frasera
- Wikipedia's article - Frasera
This WikiMD dictionary article is a stub. You can help make it a full article.
Languages: - East Asian
中文,
日本,
한국어,
South Asian
हिन्दी,
Urdu,
বাংলা,
తెలుగు,
தமிழ்,
ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Thai,
မြန်မာဘာသာ,
European
español,
Deutsch,
français,
русский,
português do Brasil,
Italian,
polski