Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum
Eustoma exaltatum (L.) Salisb. ex G. Don ssp. russellianum (Hook.) Kartesz
Texas Bluebells, Texas Bluebell, Bluebell, Showy Prairie Gentian, Prairie Gentian
Gentianaceae (Gentian Family)
USDA Symbol: EUEXRUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Eustoma grandiflorum
Showy Prairie Gentian, Texas Bluebell
Gentianaceae
Location: SW corner of Williams Ave., Ft Sam Houston, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Steep, E facing caliche slope. Small colony.
Description: Erect, multi-stalked annual, to 35 cm tall. Leaves ovate-elliptic, 15 x 50 mm, acute at apex, opposite, sessile, clasping. Infloresence terminal (1 or more), long peduncled & pediceled. Sepals about 2 cm, subulate. Corolla funnelform, lobes 3x length of tube, to 3 cm long. Pale axially, bluish distally. Capsule to 2 cm long. Seeds many.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jun 24, 1994
Specimen number: 617
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0903
Accession Date: Aug 23, 1994
Accession Number: 66
Annotations: SCFRB (In flower & fruit)