About Mexican False Heather
Cuphea hyssopifolia, the false heather, Mexican heather, Hawaiian heather or elfin herb, is a small evergreen shrub native to Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cuphea hyssopifolia
- Genus
- Cuphea
- Family
- LYTHRACEAE
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Garden plant
- Native to
- America
- Distribution
- Introduced eslewhere
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-September
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Botanical family
Lythraceae
Loosestrife/Henna family
Mexican False Heather belongs to the Lythraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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