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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cuphea viscosissima
FAMILY
Lythraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Clammy Cuphea at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cuphea viscosissima
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 135-06-001:
Cuphea viscosissima
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Parsonsia petiolata
COMMON NAME:
Clammy Cuphea, Blue Waxweed
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cuvi_006_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pape9_001_lvd
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Jeff Ausmus jma_cupvis3
July Monroe County MI
In cultivation
Leaves are lance-shaped to oval, 3/4-2" long, and covered with sticky hairs, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast.
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Jeff Ausmus jma_cupvis4
July Monroe County MI
In cultivation
Stems have a purple cast and are covered with sticky hairs, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast.
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Jeff Ausmus jma_cupvis5
July Monroe County MI
In cultivation
Flowers purple-red, to 1.5" long, with 6 spreading petals of unequal size (2 long, 4 short), per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast.
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Jeff Ausmus jma_cupvis
September Monroe County MI
In cultivation
Flowers solitary or paired in upper axils, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Jeff Ausmus jma_cupvis2
September Monroe County MI
In cultivation
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_viscosissima_blue_b
September
Calyx tube about 3/8" long, ribbed, lopsided. Petals emerge from its summit, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cuphea viscosissima
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cuphea viscosissima
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 135-06-001:
Cuphea viscosissima
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Parsonsia petiolata
3613
Forb
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in NC, rare in GA-SC
Look for it in dry or wet places, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks, 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
Magenta-purple
Bisexual
6-merous
6 petals (two large, four small)
12 inserted stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p320
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p146
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p106