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blue waxweed
Cuphea viscosissima
Cuphea viscosissima
blue waxweed Loosestrife Family
Cuphea viscosissima Lythraceae
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common name
  blue waxweed
accepted scientific name
  •Cuphea viscosissima Jacq.
rules for finding collection records
  Cuphea petiolata (418)
  Cuphea viscosissima (1548)
family name
  • Lythraceae
Image Author: ©2008 Darel Hess, Bioimages
Image License: CC BY-NC-SA
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: Six petals
Petal colors: color color color
Flower size is 0.3 to 0.5 inches
Leaf: Opposite
Plant Observed 2nd week of June thru end of October

Plant Showiness (45%)
base map where plant found
mag select

Forest
Disturbed
Riparian
Grassland
Meadow
Native Plant Status
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