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Cigar plant
Cigar plant
Cuphea ignea
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical rainforest
Range
Mexico and West Indies
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

Cigar plants are evergreen subshrubs native to Mexico and the West Indies. Each flower is tipped with a thin white rim and two small purple-black petals.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Lythraceae
Genus
Cuphea
Species
Cuphea ignea