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Fuchsia coccinea

Botanic Family

Onagraceae

Author

Aiton

Propagation

C.S.

Hardiness Zone

Min 10C. 9

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Minas Gerais - Brazil
• Chile
• Costa Rica

Natural Habitats

• Scrambling shrub
• among rocks
• marshland. Cultivated as ornamental

Flowering Times

• Spring Feb
• Sep

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Sep

Erect shrub, subshrub or climber with axillary inflorescence of 60mm magenta-red or purple flowers with scarlet calyx, petals 8mm long, purple 17mm fruit capsule, glabrous branches, glabrous denticulate leaves puberulous when young

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• P & R 1997
• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List
• Botanicus