Gesneriaceae
Flame violet
Episcia cupreata
- Family
- Gesneriaceae
- Genus
- Episcia
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Common names
By language (6)
- Bulgarian
- Червена еписция
- Chinese
- 喜荫花, 喜蔭花
- English
- Flame violet
- Finnish
- Hohtokuparilehti
- Japanese
- ハイベニギリ
- Thai
- พรมกำมะหยี่
Synonyms
- Achimenes cupreata Hook.
- Achimenes metallica Van Houtte ex Regel
- Achimenes splendens (Linden) Henderson
- Cyrtodeira cupreata (Hook.) Hanst.
- Cyrtodeira cupreata f. metallica Regel
- Cyrtodeira cupreata var. viridiflora Hook.
- Cyrtodeira cupreata var. viridifolia Hook.
- Cyrtodeira trianae Hanst.
- Episcia cupreata var. viridifolia (Hook.) G.Nicholson
- Episcia splendens (Linden) Hanst.
- Tapina splendens Triana
- Tapina splendens Linden
- Tapina variegata Linden
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
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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.