Firecracker Flower (other)
The common name firecracker flower may refer to one of the following ornamental plants: * ''Crossandra infundibuliformis'', native to India and Sri Lanka * ''Dichelostemma ida-maia'', native to the United States See also * Firecracker plant (''Russelia ''Russelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Plantago, plantain family, Plantaginaceae. It is sometimes placed in the families Scrophulariaceae or Veronicaceae. The name honours Scottish naturalist Alexander Russell (naturalist), Alexander ...

Crossandra Infundibuliformis
''Crossandra infundibuliformis'', the firecracker flower or firecracker plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family (biology), family Acanthaceae. It is native to Angola, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sri Lanka, India and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Description The plant is an erect, evergreen subshrub growing to 1 m with glossy, wavy-margined leaves and fan-shaped flowers, which may appear at any time throughout the year. The flowers are unusually shaped with 3 to 5 asymmetrical petals. They grow from four-sided stalked spikes, and have a tube-like 2 cm stalk. Flower colours range from the common orange to salmon-orange or apricot, coral to red, yellow and even turquoise. Cultivation and uses This plant requires a minimum temperature of 10 °C, and in temperateness, temperate regions is cultivated as a houseplant. It is usually grown in containers but can be attractive in beds as well. The flowers have no perfume but stay fresh for several day ...
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Dichelostemma Ida-maia
''Dichelostemma ida-maia'' is a species of flowering plant known as firecracker flower. It is native to northern California and southern Oregon, where it grows in mountain forests, woodlands, and coastal meadows. It is also widely cultivated as an ornamental plant for its showy crimson and cream flowers. ''Dichelostemma ida-maia'' is a perennial which erects a tall, naked stem topped with an umbel of six to 20 flowers. Each flower is a cylindrical red tube two to three centimeters long. The tip of each flower lobe curls back to reveal a shiny white underside. The curls rim the mouth of the tubular flower in a corona, surrounding the small anthers and a stalked ovary. The flower hangs when it is in anthesis and holds itself erect as the fruit develops. One umbel may have some hanging flowers and some erect fruiting flowers at the same time. References * External links *Jepson Manual Treatment = ''Dichelostemma ida-maia''
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