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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cuphea carthagenensis
FAMILY
Lythraceae
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Read more about Colombian Waxweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cuphea carthagenensis
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cuphea carthagenensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cuphea carthagenensis
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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cuphea carthagenensis
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cuphea carthagenensis
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cuphea carthagenensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Cuphea carthagenensis
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
Habitat: marshes, ditches, floodplain forests, wet hammocks, other wet places, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: South America
Common (rare in Piedmont)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Purple
6-merous
6 petals or petals absent
12 inserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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