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Cuphea lutescens (blue waxweed)

Synonyms: Cuphea lanceolato-ovata (homotypic); Cuphea lutescens var. macrocalyx; Cuphea lutescens var. microcalyx; Cuphea villosa (homotypic); Cuphea viscosissima (heterotypic)

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [1]  Annual
Structure [2]  Herb
Height [1]  20 inches (0.5 m)
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Providers

Pollinated by 
Bombus pensylvanicus (bumble bee)[3]
Melissodes bimaculatus[3]
Oxystoglossa similis <Unverified Name>[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0