Latin name: Eustoma exaltatum (L.) Salisb. ex G.
  Don ssp. exaltatum
  Pronunciation:
yoo-STO-ma ex-all-TAY-tum
  Common name: Catchfly gentian
  Family: Gentianaceae (Gentian)
  Habitat: Roadsides, alkaline marshes, along streams
  to 2000', Peninsular Range, Colorado Desert, South
  Coast

  Blooming period: Most months
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Eustoma
  2) exaltatum
  Formerly Eustoma exaltatum
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