Lythraceae

Cigar flower

Cuphea ignea A.DC.

Family: Lythraceae
Genus: Cuphea

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Cigar flower (Cuphea ignea) — FlowerPhoto: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (6)

Arabic: كوفيا نارية
Chinese: 火红萼距花, 雪茄花
Croatian: Cigareta cvijet
English: Cigar flower, Cigar plant, Firecracker plant, Mexican cigar
Indonesian: Bunga cerutu
Swedish: Cigarettglöd

Synonyms

Cuphea liebmannii Koehne
Cuphea platycentra Lem.
Cuphea tubiflora hort. ex Lem.
Cuphea watsonii M.E.Jones
Parsonsia ignea (A.DC.) Standl.
Parsonsia liebmannii (Koehne) Standl.
Parsonsia watsonii (M.E.Jones) M.E.Jones

Flowers

In flower: May to July, September to March (from 46 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: naturewatchwidow, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vincent Bertin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Daniel Mesa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Augustin Soulard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: naturewatchwidow, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Augustin Soulard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.