Cuphea oreophila also known as the sacred flower of the Andes is a Lythraceae perennial plant that grows into a small bush.

Native to Guatemala and the Mexican state of Chiapas, it was first described by TS Brandegee and Rimo Bacigalupi in 1933.

Cuphea oreophila has strongly veined lime-green leaves 50–75 millimetres (2–3 in) long and 25–40 mm (1–1+1⁄2 in) wide and narrow bright red trumpet-shaped flowers 40 or 50 mm (1+1⁄2 or 2 in) long.

[1][2] It has unusually large leaflike appendages.

[3] The species is native to montane forests in Chiapas near its border with Oaxaca, at elevations of between 1,400 and 1,700 m (4,500 and 5,500 ft),[1] and in 1982 was also collected in Guatemala.