Lythraceae

False heather

Cuphea hyssopifolia Kunth

Family: Lythraceae
Genus: Cuphea

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False heather (Cuphea hyssopifolia) — FlowerPhoto: lunarjade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (9)

Assamese: পানিকা ফুল
Chinese: 細葉雪茄花, 细叶萼距花, 细叶雪茄花
English: False heather
German: Japanische Scheinmyrthe
Greek: Κοφέα
Japanese: メキシコハナヤナギ
Persian: کوفیا برگزوفا
Russian: Куфея иссополистная
Vietnamese: Cẩm tú mai

Synonyms

Cuphea hyssopifolia f. hyssopifolia
Cuphea hyssopifolia f. subrevoluta Koehne
Cuphea hyssopifolia var. brachyphylla Griseb.
Cuphea rivularis Seem.
Cuphea sunubana Lourteig
Parsonsia hyssopifolia (Kunth) Standl.

Flowers

In flower: all year (from 202 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: lunarjade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: James K. Douch, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Scott W. Gavins, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Seema Merchant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: cliff1066, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Юлия, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Faiia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.