| Description | Bat-Face Cuphea (Cuphea) has small flowers of this plant really look like the face of a bat. Likes full sun and dry. |
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| Pronunciation | (KYOO-fee-uh)(LAY-vee-a) |
| Plant Type | Annuals, Perennial Tender, Site author's observations |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average to dry |
| Soil & Site | well drained |
| Growing Media | well drained |
| Temperature | frost tender, heat tolerent |
| Flowers | formed from a tubular purple calyx with two red petals |
| Dimensions | a small bush or trailing plant reaching 12 inches tall by equal or greater spread, larger in warmer hardiness zones |
| Propagation | cuttings, cuttings |
| Author's Notes | Mexico |
| Notes & Reference | #51-Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials (Alan Arimitage) |
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