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Cuphea ignea : ウィキペディア英語版 | Cuphea ignea
''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 . The name ''ignea'' comes from the Latin for "fire". This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=599 )〕 == References ==
* ''Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe''. Ghent (Gand) 5: t. 500c. 1849 * USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) (from 07-Oct-06 ).
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