CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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Cuphea aspera
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Cuphea aspera is Not Sponsored |
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Primary
custodian for this plant in the CPC National Collection of Endangered
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Nick Baker contributed to this Plant Profile. |
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Cuphea aspera is a perennial herb that produces flowering stems that are 8-16 inches tall. On these stems, small pinkish purple flowers appear from June - July. Leaves are rough and hairy, lance or oval shaped, with entire margins. The common name (waxweed) comes from the waxy or sticky feel of the upper stems, flower stalks, and flower tubes of the species, which are also covered with purple and white hairs. This species is found only in three counties in the Florida Panhandle. Of these populations, few are protected and many are threatened by encroaching development. (FNAI 2000; Clewell 1985)
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References |
Clewell, A.F. 1985. Guide to Vascular Plants of the Florida Panhandle. Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University Press. 605p. |
Coile, N.C. 2000. Notes on Florida's Regulated Plant Index (Rule 5B-40), Botany Contribution 38. Gainesville, Florida: Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry. |
FNAI. 2000. Field Guide to the Rare Plants and Animals of Florida online. Florida Natural Areas Inventory. |
Hall, David W. 1993. Illustrated plants of Florida and the coastal plain. Gainesville, FL: Maupin House. 431p. |
Tobe, J.; Burks, K.C.; Cantrell, R.W.; Garland, M.A.; Sweeney, M.E.; Hall, D.W.; Wallace, P.; Anglin, G.; Nelson, G.; Cooper, J.R.; Bickner, D.; Gilbert, K.; Aymond, N.; Raymond, N. 1998. Florida Wetland Plants. An identification manual. Gainesville, FL: Florida Department of Environmental Protection and University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. |
Wunderlin, R.P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida. 806p. |
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the U.S., Canada, and Greenland. In: Kartesz, J.T.; Meacham, C.A., editors. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden. Chapel Hill, NC. |
(2002). Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. [Web site] University of South Florida Institute for Systematic Botany. http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/isb/default.htm. Accessed: 2008. |
NatureServe. (2008). NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. [Internet].Version 7.0. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. http://www.natureserve.org/explorer. Accessed: (June 17, 2008). |
Graham, S.A. 1964. The genera of Lythraceae in the southeastern United States. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. 45: 235-250. |
Graham, S.A. 1975. Taxonomy of the Lythraceae of the southeastern United States. Sida. 6: 80-103. |
USFWS. 1976. Proposed Endangered Status for 1700 U.S. Plants. Federal Register. 41: 24523-24572. |
Kral, R. 1983. A report on some rare, threatened or endangered forest related vascular plants of the south. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Forest Service. p.718. USFS technical publication R8-TP2, . Vol. 1. |
| This profile was updated on 3/4/2010 |