Pine frasera or green-gentian

Swertia neglecta (H. M. Hall) Jepson

Herbs perennial, 2–5.5 dm, glabrous. Stems 1–several, with several rosettes. Leaf blades narrowly white-margined, basal 2–20 × 0.3–0.9 cm, linear to narrowly oblanceolate; cauline leaves opposite, blade linear to narrowly oblanceolate. Inflorescences narrow, 1.5–4 cm wide, dense, interrupted. Flowers: calyx 5–8 mm; corolla greenish white, purple-streaked, 7–15 mm, lobes oblong-obovate, apex abruptly acuminate; androecial corona a low fringe; style slender, distinct; nectaries and foveae 1 per corolla lobe, foveae opening distal to nectary, into a round to nearly square differentiated area on the corolla lobe, rim ± evenly fringed all around.

Flowering late spring–summer. Dry, open woods; 1400–3500 m; Calif.

Frasera neglecta is endemic to the San Bernardino, San Emigdio, and San Gabriel mountains of southern California.