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Eustoma, commonly known as lisianthus or prairie gentian, [1] is a small genus of plants in the gentian family. They are native to warm regions of the southern United States, Mexico, Caribbean and northern South America. [2] This genus is typically found in grasslands and in areas of disturbed ground.
The coldest temperature ever recorded in Missouri was −40 °F (−40 °C), set at Warsaw on 13 February 1905. Winter also tends to be the driest season, but typically yields significant amounts of winter precipitation. Snowfall averages 20 inches (51 cm) in the state's northern region, and 10 inches (25 cm) in the southeast.
Map of average growing season length from "Geography of Ohio," 1923. A season is a division of the year marked by changes in weather, ecology, and the amount of daylight. The growing season is that portion of the year in which local conditions (i.e. rainfall, temperature, daylight) permit normal plant growth.
In 2012 the USDA updated their plant hardiness map based on 1976–2005 weather data, using a longer period of data to smooth out year-to-year weather fluctuations. [7] Two new zones (12 and 13) were added to better define and improve information sharing on tropical and semitropical plants, they also appear on the maps of Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
Eustoma russellianum is a species of flowering plant in the gentian family. One of its previous binomial names was Eustoma grandiflorum. [1] Common names include showy prairie gentian, prairie gentian, Texas bluebells, Texas bluebell, bluebell, [2] and Lisianthus. There is a cultivar, 'Bolero Deep Blue'. [3]
To grow polka dot plants from seed, sow the seeds on top of the soil's surface either outdoors well after the last frost or indoors in a container. Keep the soil moist.
Another 30 or so species grow elsewhere in tropical Asia. [4] Most of these are described in Flora of China [ 5 ] or in A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon . [ 6 ] 14 or 15 species are native to the Western Ghats of southwestern India, including the endemic Lasianthus agasthyamalayanus . [ 7 ]
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