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Sunnyside Green-gentian (Frasera gypsicola)

Flowers of Frasera gypsicola Photo Credit: Frank Smith

Global Rank: G2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Gentianaceae
State: NV, UT
Nature Serve ID: 150536
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Frasera gypsicola is primarily found on Pleistocene gypsum spring mounds in Nevada. It is a pale green perennial forb with a short, wide root-crown from which arise many branches pressed tightly together. Leaves are always opposite, close-together and grass-like and form a mound at the plants base. Flowers are white and freckled purple above the greenish, linear gland on the lower half of the petal (Smith 2000). It is not federally listed.

Where is Sunnyside Green-gentian (Frasera gypsicola) located in the wild?

Habitat:

In Nevada, Frasera gypsicola occurs on white calcareous barrens, in a saline bottom environment on the periphery and within an ecotype of Rocky Mountain juniper, and in association with a barberry community and a rabbitbrush community in an area of many springs. The elevations range from 5190 to 5500 feet. In Utah, the species was collected in a Sarcobatus-Atriplex community at an elevation of about 5610 feet (Smith, 2000).

Distribution:

Nye and White Pine Counties in Nevada.Millard County, Utah.

States & Provinces:

Sunnyside Green-gentian can be found in Nevada, Utah

Which CPC Partners conserve Sunnyside Green-gentian (Frasera gypsicola)?

Red Butte Garden and Arboretum

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

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Conservation Actions

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

Known only from a small area of southeastern Nevada and adjacent southwestern Utah. Restricted to barren, mineral-encrusted soils.

Rita Dodge

01/01/2010

Road development Livestock trampling Grazing by antelope OHVs

Rita Dodge

01/01/2010

44,500 individuals or more (numbers from 2000 report, Smith) occur in Nevada. Unknown number of individuals in Utah.

Rita Dodge

01/01/2010

Current knowledge and conservation status of Fraseria gypsicola Barneby(Gentianaceae), the Sunnyside green gentian, in Nevada. By Smith 2000

Rita Dodge

01/01/2010

Unknown

Rita Dodge

01/01/2010

Ex-situ seed conservation Propagation protocol development Habitat protection Reintroduction research Continued monitoring of populations.

Rita Dodge

01/01/2010

Seed conservation Propagation protocol development Reintroduction research