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)](cusickii/cusickii1a.jpg)
Cusick's elkweed flowering near Antelope Mountain Lookout, Malheur National Forest........July 3, 2010.
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- ![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)](cusickii/cusickii2b.jpg)
![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)](cusickii/cusickii2d.jpg)
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.
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- ![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)](cusickii/cusickii7c.jpg)
Cusick's frasera blooming in southern Logan Valley along Road 1647, Malheur National Forest.........May 30, 2014.
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- ![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)](cusickii/cusickii9c.jpg)
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.
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- ![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)](cusickii/cusickii05-20-2017c.jpg)
- ![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)](cusickii/cusickii05-20-2017f.jpg)
![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)](cusickii/cusickii05-20-2017e.jpg)
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)](cusickii/cusickii3a.jpg)
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