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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Eustoma exaltatum
Phenology Observation Sheet for Wildflowers and Herbs

COMMON NAME

Showy prairie gentian

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Eustoma exaltatum

ALSO KNOWN AS

Eustoma grandiflorum

Plant family

Gentian (Gentianaceae)

Plant group

Wildflowers and Herbs

Considered one of the most handsome prairie flowers, the showy prairie gentian has large, bell-shaped flowers set atop waxy, blue leaves. Its beauty has lead to severe declines in the wild from over-collection by flower enthusiasts.
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Identification hints

Considered one of the most handsome prairie flowers, the showy prairie gentian has large, bell-shaped flowers set atop waxy, blue leaves. Its beauty has lead to severe declines in the wild from over-collection by flower enthusiasts.

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Showy prairie gentians generally bloom starting in June and continue up until the first frost. This plant is found primarily in the west-central US from Louisiana west to New Mexico and north to Montana.

DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Arkansas , Colorado , Kansas , Louisiana , Montana , Nebraska , New Mexico , Oklahoma , South Dakota , Texas , Wyoming
HABITAT
There is no information available about this species.

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