Bat-Faced Cuphea

Scientific Name:   Cuphea llavea


Native to Mexico.

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Bat-Faced Cuphea

Genus species: Cuphea llavea
Common Name: Bat-Faced Cuphea
Family Name: Lythraceae  
Annual and perennial herbs, or shrubs, mostly in wetland or aquatic habitats; leaves mostly opposite or whorled, simple and entire; flowers bisexual, regular or irregular, in various clusters; fruit a capsule.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Pink/Red
CNC Habitat: Herb Wall
Identified by:J.D. Mancini
Months in Bloom:  
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