Eustoma exaltatum
{{Short description|Plant species in the gentian family}}
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| genus = Eustoma
| species = exaltatum
| authority = (L.) Salisb. ex G.Don
| subdivision_ranks = Forms
| subdivision_ref = {{cite POWO |id=367440-1 |title=Eustoma exaltatum (L.) Salisb. ex G.Don |access-date=5 September 2024}}
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| Eustoma exaltatum f. barkleyi | (Standl. ex Shinners) B.L.Turner
| Eustoma exaltatum f. exaltatum |
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Eustoma exaltatum, commonly called seaside gentian,[https://www.regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Eustexal Seaside gentian] The Institute for Regional Conservation 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.
Eustoma russellianum is closely related to Eustoma exaltatum, and in some treatments they are ranked as subspecies, rather than as separate species.
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm |title= Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States |author= Alan Weakley |date= 2015}} Its natural habitat is wet places, such as alkaline marshes, stream beds, and saline coastal areas.[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=80520 Eustoma exaltatum subsp. exaltatum] The Jepson Herbarium{{cite book |last1=Kearney |first1=Thomas |last2=Peebles |first2=Robert |date=1942 |title=Flowering plants and ferns of Arizona |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/132362 |location= |publisher=U.S. Dept. of Agriculture |page=861 |isbn= |author-link= }} It is moderately tolerant of inundation by salt water, and highly tolerant of salt winds.
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