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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cuphea carthagenensis
FAMILY
Lythraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Colombian Waxweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cuphea carthagenensis
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISSPELLED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 135-06-002:
Cuphea carthagensis
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Parsonsia balsamona
COMMON NAME:
Colombian Waxweed
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_cuphea_carthagenens_b
July
Leaves opposite (none whorled); petioles to 8 mm long, often very short, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_cuphea_carthagenens_c
July
Floral tube green, glabrous inside; stamens much shorter than floral tube, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cuphea carthagenensis
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cuphea carthagenensis
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISSPELLED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 135-06-002:
Cuphea carthagensis
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Parsonsia balsamona
3612
Forb
Annual
Non-native: South America
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Piedmont)
Look for it in marshes, ditches, floodplain forests, wet hammocks, other wet places, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Purple
Bisexual
6-merous
6 petals or petals absent
12 inserted stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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