Cuphea oreophila

Cuphea oreophila also known as the sacred flower of the Andes is a Lythraceae perennial plant that grows into a small bush. Native to the Mexican state of Chiapas and to Guatemala, it was first described by TS Brandegee and Rimo Carlo Felice Bacigalupi in 1933.

Cuphea oreophila
A Cuphea oreophila bush
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Lythraceae
Genus: Cuphea
Species:
C. oreophila
Binomial name
Cuphea oreophila
Brandegee ex Bacig.

Description

Cuphea oreophila has strongly veined lime-green leaves 2–3 inches (5.1–7.6 cm) long and 1–1.5 inches (2.5–3.8 cm) wide and narrow bright red trumpet-shaped flowers 1.5 inches (3.8 cm)[1] or 2 inches (5.1 cm)[2] long. It grows to a maximum height of 10 feet (3.0 m) in the wild[1] but usually 4 feet (1.2 m) tall and wide in cultivation.[1][2] It has unusually large leaflike appendages.[3]

The species is native to montane forests in Chiapas near its border with Oaxaca, at elevations of between 4,500 feet (1,400 m) and 5,500 feet (1,700 m),[1] and in 1982 was also collected in Guatemala.[3]

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References
  1. Martin Grantham, "Cupheas at Strybing Arboretum", Pacific Horticulture, October 2002.
  2. Cuphea orophila, Annie's Annuals and Perennials, retrieved 2019-01-01.
  3. Shirley A. Graham, "New Species of Cuphea Section Melvilla (Lythraceae) and an Annotated Key to the Section", Brittonia 42.1 (January–March 1990) 12-32, p. 26.


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