Cuphea igneaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Cuphea ignea, also known as the Cigar plant, Cigar flower, Firecracker plant, or Mexican Cigar, is a tropical, perennial, densely-branched evergreen sub-shrub. 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 flowers are considered to resemble a lit cigar, hence the name. The leaves are small, elliptical and of a bright green colour. This bushy shrub grows to about 60 cm. The name 'ignea' comes from the Latin word for fire.