Cuphea strigulosa

#996 They called me Cuphea strigulosa, also known as Cuphea fiebrigii, and Cuphea strigulosa var. sinclairii. I pay homage to the male botanists Fiebrig (I couldn’t find his records), and George Sinclair, or Andrew Sinclair. They first catalogued me in 1824.

Native to Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Texas, Venezuela, and Windward Is..