Eustoma exaltatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Genus: Eustoma
Species:
E. exaltatum
Binomial name
Eustoma exaltatum

Eustoma exaltatum, commonly called seaside gentian,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the gentian family (Gentianaceae).

Description

Eustoma exaltatum is an erect herbaceous plant with a glaucous, leafy stem. It produces large, purple, bell-shaped flowers throughout the growing season, peaking in spring through summer.[2][1]

Eustoma russellianum is closely related to Eustoma exaltatum, and in some treatments they are ranked as subspecies, rather than as separate species.[3]

Distribution

It is native to North America, where it found in from the southern United States and the West Indies, south to Mexico and Belize.[4] Its natural habitat is wet places, such as alkaline marshes, stream beds, and saline coastal areas.[4][3][2] It is moderately tolerant of inundation by salt water, and highly tolerant of salt winds.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Seaside gentian The Institute for Regional Conservation
  2. 1 2 Kearney, Thomas; Peebles, Robert (1942). Flowering plants and ferns of Arizona. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. p. 861.
  3. 1 2 Eustoma exaltatum subsp. exaltatum The Jepson Herbarium
  4. 1 2 Alan Weakley (2015). "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States".
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