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Dicliptera squarrosa
Also called Uruguayan Firecracker Plant
Dicliptera squarrosa, also known as firecracker plant and Hummingbird plant, is a species of flowering plant in the acanthus family, Acanthaceae. A scrambling subshrub, it is native to central South America.
The Hummingbird plant is a tender, herbaceous perennial that can easily grow in well-drained soils such as loam and silt under full sun. Tolerating mild shade and drought, it is winter hardy to Zones 8-10 in the US, which can be protected with mulch cover. It can tolerate temperatures down to −17.7 °C (0 °F) and may also be grown as an annual. It may be grown in containers or hanging baskets. Cuttings can be taken and overwintered indoors.
It is native to Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina, Uruguay, and southern, southeastern, and west-central Brazil, including the Cerrado ecoregion of Brazil. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. In Costa Rica, it flowers during the dry season (summer) at altitudes of 1630 m above sea level.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dicliptera squarrosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
