Brilliant fuchsia (Fuchsia fulgens)
Description
Fuchsia fulgens, often known by the common name "brilliant fuchsia", is a plant of the genus Fuchsia native to Mexico and Central America. It has shrubby, upright growth and thickened, tuberous roots. Characteristics: Height and Spread: Reaches heights of 1.5 m or more. Spreads as wide as 80 cm. Stems: Woody Leaves: Opposite, ovate or heart-shaped leaves are pale or sage green, paler green or flushed red beneath. Length ranges from 9–23 cm, or typically 17x12cm with fine red teeth tipped with glands Flowers: Short, terminal racemes of pendant, single flowers Tube: Tubes range in color from pink to dull red or scarlet Sepals: Sepals are pale red, or pale yellow at the base, and tinged yellow-green at the margins Corolla: Bright red in color Fruit: Oblong to ellipsoid in shape and deep purple in color Hardiness: Half-hardy. Minimum temperature of 5 °C (41 °F)
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Myrtales
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Family: Onagraceae
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Genus: Fuchsia
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