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 Flowers Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Leaves Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual or perennial Similar Species: Eustoma russellianum
General Desc:
Annual (often) or a short-lived perennial with 1 to several erect stems. Leaves and stems are bluish-green and can be smooth or covered with a waxy, whitish coating. Showy cup-shaped flowers in white or shades of purple grow on long stalks at stem tips.
Identification notes: Erect, branching stems to over 3 feet; leaves clasping, opposite, bluish-green; large, light purple, pinkish-purple or white 5-petaled flowers with white and darker purple rings or blotches around the throats, protruding stamens and yellow anthers.
Height:
To about 3-1/4 feet
Habitat Description: Grows in wet, often chalky or saline areas like marshes, moist prairies, along stream beds and rivers. At times found in ditches, roadsides and abandoned fields; uncommon in Arizona.
Plant Communities:
Riparian, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 1000 - 2500 feet
Color:
Light purple, pinkish-purple, white
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Jun - Sep
Description:
Flowers solitary at the stem tips or may grow in elongated clusters. Each flower has 2 to 3 inch wide blooms with prominent white and deep purple markings in the throat. The 5 petals are fused and taper into a narrow tube at the yellowish flower base.
Leaf Color:
Bluish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and opposite
Leaves Clasp:
Y
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves are 3/4 to 4 inches long, about 1/8 inch wide. Spoon-shaped basal leaves have short leafstalks, oblong stem leaves are stalkless and clasp the stem. At times, leaf blades are pressed flat on the stem forming a V-shape moving upward on the stem.
Fruit Color: Green
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Fruit is sticky, about 1/2 inch long with an elongated oval shape and produces many seeds.
Seed Notes: The seed is tiny, brown and globe-shaped with many small holes or "pits" on its surface (honeycombed).
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