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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Cuphea parsonsia (L.) R. Brown
Purple parsonsia, Strongback

Cuphea parsonsia

Family: Lythraceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Annual

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies and perhaps Central America.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For a specimen image, visit the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Virtual Herbarium.

Synonyms: Parsonsia parsonsia.

Other data on Cuphea parsonsia available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

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Cuphea parsonsia