Blue Waxweed is a wildflower with small, uniquely shaped flowers. Flowers are puprlish pink with 6 unequal, iregular petals. The upper 2 petals are larger than the 4 lower ones. Sepal tube is long, about 1.2 cmm ribbed, slightly swollen, and sticky. Flowers themselves are about 0.6-1.2 cm across, borne singly or in pairs in the axils of upper leaves. Leaves are simple, oppositely arranged, ovate-lanceshaped, 1.2-5 cm long, with stalks. It is a perennial herb, 0.5-2 ft tall. The plant is overall sticky, with purplish stems covered with glandular hairs. The plant is has potential to be a source of edible oil. Blue Waxweed is native to the American continent, and is cultivated in India. Flowering: March-October.