Cuphea micrantha Kunth

Tinypetal waxweed (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Lythraceae > Cuphea

Characteristics

An annual hermaphrodite deciduous plant.
Life form annual
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 8 - 10
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Cuphea micrantha world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Barbados, Colombia, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:553109-1
WFO ID wfo-0000630212
COL ID 6C3DZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629490
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Synonyms

Lythrum domingense Melanium hirtum Cuphea euphorbioides Cuphea hirta Cuphea micrantha Cuphea valerii Cuphea micrantha var. longiciliata Cuphea rapunculoides