Lythraceae
Sticky waxweed
Cuphea glutinosa
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Genus
- Cuphea
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Sticky waxweed
Synonyms
- Cuphea hirsuta Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.
- Cuphea thymoides Lorentz
- Parsonsia glutinosa (Cham. & Schltdl.) A.Heller
Flowers
- In flower
- October to May (from 97 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Florencia Grattarola, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cody Hinchliff, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bahiano Ayala, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Giovanni Ribeiro Salvador, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Facundo Chieffo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: alex Schlosser, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Francisco Liguori, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: valezappa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex Stinson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Tomás Tamagno, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.