Given the question: Pick one category for the following text. The options are - company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work. Cuphea ignea - Cuphea ignea (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 the name.
The answer is:
Plant