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Flowers of Zihuatanejo

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Cuphea leptopoda

Flowers by Colour

-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

-Myrtles, Evening Primroses, and Allies (Order Myrtales)

-Lythrum Family (Family Lythraceae)

-Cigar Plants and Allies (Genus Cuphea)

-Cuphea leptopoda


Cuphea is a flowering plant, native to Central and South America. It grows as an evergreen shrub in well-drained, humid soils, and prefers full sun to light shade. It has been used medicinally for centuries to treat a variety of ailments. The blooms are usually deep purple, but can be found in a range of colours, and the foliage is typically dark green.

Description

• Cuphea leptopoda is a small herb or subshrub in the loosestrife family (Lythraceae). Members of the genus Cuphea typically have slender, branching stems, opposite leaves, and distinctive tubular flowers with six unequal petals and a floral tube that may be red, purple, pink, or white.

Range

• Cuphea leptopoda is a Mexican species associated with tropical and subtropical regions. It occurs in Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, and the surrounding area.

Habitat

• It is associated with warm environments and may grow in open vegetation, scrub, woodland margins, or disturbed ground.

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