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Brazilian Firecracker
Brazilian firecracker vine, also known as cigar flower and candy corn plant, is a twining vine from South America that can grow to 12 feet long with support. The tiny tubular flowers are red with yellow tips, with four green sepals beneath them, and they look like a lit firecracker or a flashlight. The flowers are covered in fine fuzz and the tip spreads into four toothed lobes. The small ovate leaves grow on wiry stems. The flowers grow abundantly for a long period as long as they have enough sun and warmth. They will grow up a support like a trellis, dangle from hanging baskets, or they can be clipped into a shrubby form. If they have nothing to cling to they will twine around themselves.