[The Genus Frasera East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Cusick's Elkweed, Cusick's Frasera

Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii

Synonyms: Frasera caerulea, Frasera coerulea, Swertia albicaulis var. cusickii, Swertia cusickii, Swertia nitida ssp. cusickii

Cusick's Elkweed, Cusick's Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii (Synonyms: Frasera caerulea, Frasera coerulea, Swertia albicaulis var. cusickii, Swertia cusickii, Swertia nitida ssp. cusickii)

Cusick's elkweed flowering near Antelope Mountain Lookout, Malheur National Forest........July 3, 2010.

Close-up of a flower of Cusick's Elkweed, Cusick's Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii (Synonyms: Frasera caerulea, Frasera coerulea, Swertia albicaulis var. cusickii, Swertia cusickii, Swertia nitida ssp. cusickii) - Close-up of the flowers of Cusick's Elkweed, Cusick's Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii (Synonyms: Frasera caerulea, Frasera coerulea, Swertia albicaulis var. cusickii, Swertia cusickii, Swertia nitida ssp. cusickii) - Close-up sideview of the flower of Cusick's Elkweed, Cusick's Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii (Synonyms: Frasera caerulea, Frasera coerulea, Swertia albicaulis var. cusickii, Swertia cusickii, Swertia nitida ssp. cusickii)

Cusick's Elkweed, Cusick's Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii (Synonyms: Frasera caerulea, Frasera coerulea, Swertia albicaulis var. cusickii, Swertia cusickii, Swertia nitida ssp. cusickii)

Additional photos of Cusick's elkweed beginning to bloom along Forest Service Road #1647 at the southeastern edge of Logan Valley, Malheur National Forest.......July 3, 2010.

Cusick's Elkweed, Cusick's Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii (Synonyms: Frasera caerulea, Frasera coerulea, Swertia albicaulis var. cusickii, Swertia cusickii, Swertia nitida ssp. cusickii) - Cusick's Elkweed, Cusick's Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii (Synonyms: Frasera caerulea, Frasera coerulea, Swertia albicaulis var. cusickii, Swertia cusickii, Swertia nitida ssp. cusickii) - Cusick's Elkweed, Cusick's Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii (Synonyms: Frasera caerulea, Frasera coerulea, Swertia albicaulis var. cusickii, Swertia cusickii, Swertia nitida ssp. cusickii)

Cusick's frasera blooming in southern Logan Valley along Road 1647, Malheur National Forest.........May 30, 2014.

Flowers of Cusick's Elkweed, Cusick's Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii (Synonyms: Frasera caerulea, Frasera coerulea, Swertia albicaulis var. cusickii, Swertia cusickii, Swertia nitida ssp. cusickii) - Cusick's Elkweed, Cusick's Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii (Synonyms: Frasera caerulea, Frasera coerulea, Swertia albicaulis var. cusickii, Swertia cusickii, Swertia nitida ssp. cusickii) - Cusick's Elkweed, Cusick's Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii (Synonyms: Frasera caerulea, Frasera coerulea, Swertia albicaulis var. cusickii, Swertia cusickii, Swertia nitida ssp. cusickii)

Cusick's elkweed beginning to bloom at a gravelly bald about one-half of a mile uphill from the trailhead along the Canyon Mountain Trail #218, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.........May 29, 2014.

Inflorescence of Cusick's Elkweed, Cusick's Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii (Synonyms: Frasera caerulea, Frasera coerulea, Swertia albicaulis var. cusickii, Swertia cusickii, Swertia nitida ssp. cusickii) - Cusick's Elkweed, Cusick's Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii (Synonyms: Frasera caerulea, Frasera coerulea, Swertia albicaulis var. cusickii, Swertia cusickii, Swertia nitida ssp. cusickii) - Cusick's Elkweed, Cusick's Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii (Synonyms: Frasera caerulea, Frasera coerulea, Swertia albicaulis var. cusickii, Swertia cusickii, Swertia nitida ssp. cusickii)

Cusick's Elkweed, Cusick's Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii (Synonyms: Frasera caerulea, Frasera coerulea, Swertia albicaulis var. cusickii, Swertia cusickii, Swertia nitida ssp. cusickii) - Cusick's Elkweed, Cusick's Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii (Synonyms: Frasera caerulea, Frasera coerulea, Swertia albicaulis var. cusickii, Swertia cusickii, Swertia nitida ssp. cusickii)

Cusick's Elkweed, Cusick's Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii (Synonyms: Frasera caerulea, Frasera coerulea, Swertia albicaulis var. cusickii, Swertia cusickii, Swertia nitida ssp. cusickii)

Cusick's elkweed blooming along the Gray Butte Trail #852, Crooked River National Grassland..........May 20, 2017.

Basal leaves of Cusick's Elkweed, Cusick's Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii (Synonyms: Frasera caerulea, Frasera coerulea, Swertia albicaulis var. cusickii, Swertia cusickii, Swertia nitida ssp. cusickii)

The narrow, white-margined basal leaves of Cusick's elkweed as seen on serpentine gravels along the Canyon Mountain Trail #218, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.........June 21, 2011.

Paul Slichter