Lythraceae
Cuphea aequipetala
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Genus
- Cuphea
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Synonyms
- Cuphea aequipetala var. epilosa Greenm.
- Cuphea aequipetala var. hispida Koehne
- Cuphea aequipetala var. laevicaulis Koehne
- Cuphea apanxaloa DC.
- Cuphea ascendens Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
- Cuphea aspera Willd. ex Schltdl. & Cham.
- Cuphea atrosanguinea Warsz. ex Koehne
- Cuphea bracteata Lag.
- Cuphea floribunda Lehm.
- Cuphea floribunda Lehm.
- Cuphea floribunda var. grandiflora Regel
- Cuphea llavea Koehne
- Cuphea ocymoides Decne.
- Cuphea procumbens var. fruticosa Koehne
- Cuphea scabrida Kunth
- Cuphea violacea Regel
- Cuphea virgata Cav.
- Lythrum truxillense Steud.
- Lythrum tuxtlense Sessé & Moc.
- Lythrum tuxtlense DC.
- Parsonsia aequipetala (Cav.) Standl.
- Parsonsia virgata (Cav.) M.Gómez
Flowers
- In flower
- May to November (from 107 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rodolfo Maximiliano Gutiérrez-Sánchez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mariana Yuste Ramírez, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.