Cuphea wrightii A.Gray

Wright's waxweed (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Lythraceae > Cuphea

Characteristics

An annual hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 0.3m high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination autogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Moist or rather dry thickets, open banks, fields, often on rocky or grassy slopes in pine-oak forest; at elevations from 800-2,800metre. Dry scrubland at elevations from 1,830-2,090 metres in Mexico.
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Moist or rather dry thickets, open banks, fields, often on rocky or grassy slopes in pine-oak forest; at elevations from 800-2,800metre. Dry scrubland at elevations from 1,830-2,090 metres in Mexico.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal oil
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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 wrightii world distribution map, present in Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:553315-1
WFO ID wfo-0000630546
COL ID 32FHV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Parsonsia wrightii Cuphea wrightii Cuphea wrightii var. compacta Cuphea wrightii var. nematopetala Cuphea wrightii subsp. wrightii Cuphea wrightii var. wrightii

Lower taxons

Cuphea wrightii var. meionandra Cuphea wrightii var. venusta