| Scientific Name: | Crossandra infundibuliformis |
| Common Name: | firecracker flower |
| Family Name: | Acanthaceae |
| Origin: | South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as), Flowering pot plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Container planting |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Ovate, Entire, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Spike, Orange, Yellow, Red, Jun-Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Green, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, ovate, 7-15cm long x 2-7cm wide, glossy, margin entire and wavy; flowers fan-shaped with 3-5 asymmetrical petals on four-sided stalked spikes. | |