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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cuphea viscosissima   FAMILY Lythraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cuphea viscosissima   FAMILY Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cuphea viscosissima

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Cuphea viscosissima

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 135-06-001:

Cuphea viscosissima   FAMILY Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Cuphea petiolata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Parsonsia petiolata

 

COMMON NAME:
Clammy Cuphea, Blue Waxweed


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_cuvi_006_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pape9_001_lvd

        

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Jeff Ausmus    jma_cupvis3

July    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

Leaves are lance-shaped to oval, 3/4-2" long, and covered with sticky hairs, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Cuphea viscosissima, Clammy Cuphea, Blue Waxweed

Jeff Ausmus    jma_cupvis4

July    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

Stems have a purple cast and are covered with sticky hairs, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Cuphea viscosissima, Clammy Cuphea, Blue Waxweed

Jeff Ausmus    jma_cupvis5

July    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

Flowers purple-red, to 1.5" long, with 6 spreading petals of unequal size (2 long, 4 short), per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Cuphea viscosissima, Clammy Cuphea, Blue Waxweed

Jeff Ausmus    jma_cupvis

September    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

Flowers solitary or paired in upper axils, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Cuphea viscosissima, Clammy Cuphea, Blue Waxweed

Jeff Ausmus    jma_cupvis2

September    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_viscosissima_blue_b

September        

Calyx tube about 3/8" long, ribbed, lopsided. Petals emerge from its summit, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cuphea viscosissima   FAMILY Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cuphea viscosissima   FAMILY Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cuphea viscosissima

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cuphea viscosissima

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 135-06-001:
Cuphea viscosissima   FAMILY Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cuphea petiolata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Parsonsia petiolata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3613

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Dry or wet places, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Magenta-purple
6-merous
6 petals (two large, four small)
12 inserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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