TROPICAL PLANT ENCYCLOPEDIA
Cuphea carthagenensis
Tarweed, Colombian Cuphea, Colombian WaxweedFamily: Lythraceae
Origin: Tropical America
Annual or perhaps short-lived perennial herbs, sometimes slightly woody at base.
Similar plants:
- Cuphea hybrid 'Twinkle Pink' (Cuphea)
- Cuphea hyssopifolia (Mexican False Heather, False Heather, Hawaiian Heather, Elfin Herb)
- Cuphea ignea (Cigar Flower, Cigarette Plant, Firecracker Plant)
- Cuphea llavea, Cuphea barbigera (Cigar Plant, Bat Head, Bat Face, St Peter Plant)
- Cuphea melvilla, Cuphea micropetala (Candy Corn Plant)
- Cuphea sp. (Cigarette Plant)
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/cuphea_carthagenensis.htm