Cuphea viscosissima Jacq.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Lythraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - Erect, weedy annual, 1.5–6 dm, sparingly branched, very viscid-hairy throughout; lvs long-petioled, lanceolate to ovate, 2–5 cm; fls solitary or paired in the upper axils, short-pedicellate; hypanthium nearly 1 cm; pet red-purple, clawed, the upper 2 the largest, ca 8 mm; 2n=12. Dry soil; N.H. to n. Ill. and Kans., s. to Ga. and La., commoner southward. July–Sept. (C. petiolata, a preoccupied name)
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Common Names
blue wax-weed