Plant Details

Accepted name:: Frasera speciosa Douglas ex Griseb. [Gentianaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
deer's ears	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
deer's-ears	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
elkweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
monument plant	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
monument-plant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
showy fraser	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
showy frasera	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Swertia radiata (Kellogg) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 430 (1891).
Frasera ampla Greene Pittonia 4: 186 (1900).
Frasera angustifolia (Rydb.) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 149 (1906).
Frasera macrophylla Greene Pittonia 4: 186 (1900).
Frasera scabra (M.E.Jones) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 149 (1906).
Frasera speciosa var. angustifolia Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 632 (1905).
Frasera speciosa var. scabra M.E.Jones Zoe 4: 277 (1893).
Frasera speciosa var. stenosepala Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 632 (1905).
Frasera stenosepala (Rydb.) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 149 (1906).
Frasera venosa Greene Pittonia 4: 185 (1900).
Swertia radiata var. macrophylla (Greene) H.St.John Amer. Midl. Naturalist 26: 11 (1941).
Swertia radiata var. maderensis Henrickson Sida 17: 83 (1996).
Tessaranthium angustifolium (Rydb.) Rydb. Fl. Rocky Mts.: 666 (1917).
Tessaranthium macrophyllum (Greene) Rydb. Fl. Rocky Mts.: 666 (1917).
Tessaranthium radiatum Kellogg Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 144 (1863).
Tessaranthium scabrum (M.E.Jones) Rydb. Fl. Rocky Mts.: 666 (1917).
Tessaranthium speciosum (Douglas ex Griseb.) Rydb. Fl. Rocky Mts.: 666 (1917).
Tessaranthium stenosepalum (Rydb.) Rydb. Fl. Rocky Mts.: 666 (1917).
Tesseranthium radiatum Kellogg Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 144 (1863).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Frasera speciosa Dougl. Ex Griseb.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Frasera speciosa Dougl. ex Griseb.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Frasera speciosa Douglas ex Griseb.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Swertia radiata (Kellogg) Kuntze	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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