Index / Search / Cuphea viscosissima
§1 Plant
Cuphea viscosissima Jacq.
vernacular blue waxweed — species · Lythraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Lythraceae J. St.-Hil.
- Genus
- Cuphea
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 428 counties across 22 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 428 counties across 22 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Carroll 05015
- Faulkner 05045
- Fulton 05049
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Newton 05101
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Sharp 05135
- Stone 05137
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 68 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Williamson 17199
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dubois 18037
- Fayette 18041
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Harrison 18061
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- Lawrence 18093
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Orange 18117
- Perry 18123
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Scott 18143
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Wabash 18169
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Allen 21003
- Anderson 21005
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Bourbon 21017
- Boyle 21021
- Bullitt 21029
- Butler 21031
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Garrard 21079
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Johnson 21115
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Livingston 21139
- Logan 21141
- Madison 21151
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Nicholas 21181
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Perry 21193
- Pulaski 21199
- Rowan 21205
- Shelby 21211
- Spencer 21215
- Trimble 21223
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 18 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Union 42119
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Blount 47009
- Carter 47019
- Claiborne 47025
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Hancock 47067
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Henry 47079
- Jefferson 47089
- Knox 47093
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Overton 47133
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Trousdale 47169
- Warren 47177
- Washington 47179
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Berkeley 54003
- Braxton 54007
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Doddridge 54017
- Fayette 54019
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Lewis 54041
- Marion 54049
- Marshall 54051
- Mason 54053
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Nicholas 54067
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wood 54107
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CUVI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3188690 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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