It is native to the southwestern United States from easternmost California to Colorado and New Mexico, where it grows in open, dry areas, such as desert woodlands and grasslands.

[3] Frasera albomarginata is a perennial herb producing one or more stems up to 30 to 60 centimeters tall.

The basal leaves are lance-shaped, up to 9 centimeters long by one wide.

Leaves higher on the plant are smaller and narrower and are borne in whorls or opposite pairs.

Each flower has a corolla of four pointed lobes which are greenish white, darker green at the tips, with purple speckles.