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Eustoma exaltatum (L.) Salisb. ex G. Don

Seaside gentian, catchfly prairie gentian

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Eustoma exaltatum (seaside gentian, catchfly prairie gentian)

1/5/2026 · By Jacquelyn Boyt

KingdomPlantaePlants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
SubkingdomTracheobiontaVascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
DivisionMagnoliophytaFlowering plants, also known as angiosperms
ClassMagnoliopsidaDicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
SubclassAsteridaeA large class that encompasses asters
OrderGentianalesGentians, coffee, gardenias, frangipani, many others
FamilyGentianaceaeAbout 1600 species of flowering plants from the genus Gentiana, named after the Illyrian king Gentius
GenusEustomaFrom the Greek eu for “good or beautiful” and stoma for “mouth,” the throat of the corolla tube being large
SpeciesexaltatumVery tall, lofty

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Eustoma exaltatum description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.

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