PLANTS Profile for Cuphea viscosissima (blue waxweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Cuphea viscosissima Jacq.
blue waxweed

Symbol:

CUVI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Lythraceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		I

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Cuphea viscosissima Jacq.

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Synonyms:
Cuphea viscosissima Jacq.

	CUPE4	Cuphea petiolata (L.) Koehne
	PAPE9	Parsonsia petiolata (L.) Rusby

Distribution:
Cuphea viscosissima Jacq.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Cuphea viscosissima Jacq.

View 12 genera in Lythraceae, 11 species in Cuphea

Classification:
Cuphea viscosissima Jacq.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Myrtales
Family	Lythraceae – Loosestrife family
Genus	Cuphea P. Br. – waxweed
Species	Cuphea viscosissima Jacq. – blue waxweed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cuphea viscosissima Jacq.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
blue wasweed		Special Concern

Introduced Information:
Cuphea viscosissima Jacq.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Cuphea viscosissima Jacq.

Nat. Ind.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cuphea viscosissima Jacq.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501842.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/20/2013 01:53 AM CDT