| Scientific Name: | Eustoma grandiflorum |
| Common Name: | lisianthus, prairie gentian, Texas bluebell |
| Family Name: | Gentianaceae |
| Origin: | Mexico, U.S. - central, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Biennial, Flowering cut plant, Flowering pot plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Cut flower or foliage, Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Sessile, Soft flexible, Oblong, Ovate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Blue, Violet, Pink, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves ovate to oblong, 3-5 major veins, petiole stem-clasping, up to 8cm long; flowers bell-shaped with flaring pale purple petal-like lobes, up to 5cm wide. | |