Details for: PI 619108, Cuphea hybr., 'Starfire'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cuphea hybr.

Cultivar:

'Starfire'

Origin:

Developed – Arizona, United States

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

09 May 1990

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Plant	2 count		PI 619108 25ncaic1 PL

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cuphea hybr.

Cultivar:

'Starfire'

Origin:

Developed – Arizona, United States

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

09 May 1990

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Source History

Developed

April 1986.
Arizona, United States

Developer(s):

USDA, ARS, U.S. Water Conservation Laboratory

Donated

09 May 1990.
Arizona, United States

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Starfire'

Type: Cultivar name

AZ1070

Type: Developer identifier

Thompson, Anson E. USDA, ARS

No. 1070

Type: Developer identifier

Ames 22287

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

NC-7 Research Numbers

USDA ARS NCRPIS

Ames 22430

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

NC-7 Research Numbers

USDA ARS NCRPIS

Narrative

Intermediate in size to its two parents, 50 to 75 cm tall and 60 to 75 cm wide, with the spreading subshrub shape of the C. ignea parent. Leaves are dark green with a light-green lower surface as in the C. ignea parent, but are more narrowly lanceolate, 30 to 40 mm long and 12 to 20 mm wide. Flowers continuously once cuttings are established. Calyx tubes are striped pink on white, dorsally tipped in white, and 10 to 15 mm long, with a pronounced spur. Dorsal petals are white with a purple vein, ~5 mm long. Ventral petals are purple to almost white and are ~3 mm long. Less dense, but more vigorous, growth habit than its C. ignea parent. Particularly adapted as a potted plant and possibly would be useful as a hanging plant for greenhouse or household use. May have potential as a bedding plant but has not been evaluated for this purpose. Sterile hybrid, must be propagated vegetatively. Cuttings root readily with no chemical treatment of any kind when placed in potting soil and kept for 1 week to 10 days under intermittent mist at 20 to 25 C. Cuttings grow rapidly, reaching full growth and flower within 4 to 5 weeks when grown in greenhouse (20 to 25 C, ambient relative humidity 50% to 96%, and a 16-h light period with high-intensity, metal-vapor lights).

Cuphea hybr.

Genus:

Cuphea

Family:

Lythraceae

Nomen number:

311263

Comment:

interim designation used in GRIN for Cuphea hybrids which lack an acceptable binomial

Verified:

11/12/1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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