| Scientific Name: | Cuphea x purpurea |
| Common Name: | firecracker |
| Family Name: | Lythraceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 11: (above 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Mounded, Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Container planting, Hanging basket, Small garden/space, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Glandular hairs, Lanceolate, Obovate, Ovate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, Pink, Red, Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves hairy, dark green, ovate-laneolate, pointed; flowers tubular to 3cm long, calyx rose-red to pink-violet; petals paired, red, ear-like (bat face like). | |