Cuphea ignea, the
cigar plant,
cigar flower,
firecracker plant, or
Mexican cigar, is a species of flowering plant in the genus
Cuphea of the family Lythraceae. It is a tropical, densely branched evergreen subshrub. This species, native to Mexico and the West Indies, produces small, tubular, bright red to orange flowers. Each flower is tipped with a thin, white rim and two small purple-black petals. The flower is said to resemble a lit cigar, hence
(Wikipedia)