Painting completed in: 1987

(Eustoma grandiflorum, Gentian family) also called Purple Prairie Gentian, lira de San Pedro, Western Blue Gentian and Blue Marsh Lilly grows in moist areas all over Texas except mountains and pine forests from June to September. Seeds of these showy plants are commercially available and they are easy to cultivate and grow to about 30" high. Picking the flowers stops the plant from reproducing and has caused a decline in their natural occurrence.