BLUE WAXWEED
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Cuphea viscosissima Jacq.
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| Cherokee County, Kansas |
| Annual |
| Height: 4-24 inches |
| Family: Lythraceae - Loosestrife Family |
| Flowering Period: July, August, September,October |
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| Also Called: | | Clammy cuphea. | | Stems: | | Erect, often purplish-red, much-branched; branches ascending; upper stem with sticky hairs throughout. | | Leaves: | | Opposite, entire, lanceolate to ovate, 2/5 to 2 inches long, 1/5 to 3/5 inch wide, glandular-hairy; tip pointed; stalk 1/8 to 3/5 inch long, with sticky, purplish hairs. | | Inflorescences: | | Solitary or paired flowers in upper leaf axils. | | Flowers: | | Short-stalked; hypanthium tubular, 1/3 to 1/2 inch long, deep purple, covered with dense, purple, sticky glandular hairs; ribs 12, prominent; base swollen on 1 side; calyx teeth 6; petals 6, purple or magenta, 1/12 to 1/5 inch long, dissimilar; upper 2 petals larger than bottom 3; stamens 11-12, of unequal lengths; style slender; stigma 2-lobed. | | Fruits: | | Capsule, ellipsoid, enclosed by persistent calyx, splitting longitudinally on upper side at maturity; seeds 7-10, broadly egg-shaped or nearly round, 1/12 to 1/10 inch long, flattened, brown, slightly notched at end. | | Habitat: | | Roadsides, open woods, prairies, fields; dry soils. | | Distribution: | | East 1/5, generally south of Kansas River, and Coffey County, Kansas | | Origin: | | Native | | Comments: | | Blue waxweed is a weedy species. |
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| Blue waxweed hypanthium |  | | 33 KB | | Cherokee County, Kansas |
| | Blue waxweed inflorescence |  | | 41 KB | | Cherokee County, Kansas |
| | Blue waxweed |  | | 94 KB | | Cherokee County, Kansas |
| | Blue waxweed leaf |  | | 57 KB | | Cherokee County, Kansas |
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