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单词 Cigar flower
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Cigar flower

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Cuphea ignea

Cuphea ignea flowers resemble a tiny burning cigar, hence the common name

Cuphea ignea (cigar plant, cigar flower, firecracker plant, or Mexican cigar) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Cuphea of the family Lythraceae. It is a tropical, densely branched evergreen subshrub. This species, native to Mexico and the West Indies, produces small, tubular, bright red to orange flowers. Each flower is tipped with a thin, white rim and two small purple-black petals. The flower is said to resemble a lit cigar, hence the name. The leaves are small, elliptical and of a bright green colour. It grows to about 60 cm (24 in). The name ignea comes from the Latin for "fire".

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