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The common name bat-faced cuphea comes from the resemblance of the ends of the flower to a tiny bat face Bat-faced cuphea begins blooming in late spring and continues until frost, producing clusters of numerous flowers. Each flower has a one inch long, hairy purple calyx with two upward facing red petals at the end, forming the ears; to go with the bat face. Flowers are attractive to hummingbirds, bees and butterflies. Another "strange but true".