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

catchfly prairie gentian

WFO wfo-0001063724 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Eustoma exaltatum, photographed by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）
fig. a Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-04 / obs. 203480177
Eustoma exaltatum, photographed by KB DiAngelo
fig. b KB DiAngelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 195497005
Eustoma exaltatum, photographed by caymanmatt
fig. c caymanmatt, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151172314
Eustoma exaltatum, photographed by Diego Blanco
fig. d Diego Blanco, CC0 1.0 / obs. 140547317
Eustoma exaltatum, photographed by caymanmatt
fig. e caymanmatt, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 149446898
Eustoma exaltatum, photographed by caymanmatt
fig. f caymanmatt, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 147800480
Eustoma exaltatum, photographed by Jay Pruett
fig. g Jay Pruett, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186984395
Eustoma exaltatum, photographed by Lauren McLaurin
fig. h Lauren McLaurin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148140935

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Flowering n = 2,076 observations

Peak flowering in Jun, from 2,076 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 23 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Arenbergia glauca M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Chlora exaltata (L.) Griseb.
  • Dupratzia scoparia Raf.
  • Erythraea plumieri Kunth ex Griseb.
  • Eustoma barkleyi Standl. ex Shinners
  • Eustoma chironioides (Benth.) Griseb.
  • Eustoma exaltatum (L.) Salisb.
  • Eustoma exaltatum f. albiflorum (Cham. & Schltdl.) Benke
  • Eustoma exaltatum f. barkleyi (Standl. ex Shinners) B.L.Turner
  • Eustoma exaltatum f. exaltatum
  • Eustoma exaltatum var. albiflorum Schltdl. & Cham.
  • Eustoma lacteum Liebm. ex Sond.
  • Eustoma silenifolium Salisb.
  • Gentiana connata Willd. ex Schult.
  • Gentiana exaltata L.
  • Lisianthius exaltatus Desr.
  • Lisianthius exaltatus var. albiflorus Schltdl. & Cham.
  • Lisianthius glaucifolius Jacq.
  • Pneumonanthe exaltata (L.) F.W.Schmidt
  • Urananthus chironioides Benth.
  • Urananthus glaucifolius Benth.
  • Urananthus pallidus Liebm. ex Sond.
  • Urananthus pallidus Liebm.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.