''Fuchsia fulgens''The Plant List /ref> is a plant of the genus ''
Fuchsia
''Fuchsia'' () is a genus of flowering plants that consists mostly of shrubs or small trees. The first to be scientifically described, '' Fuchsia triphylla'', was discovered on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republi ...
'' native to
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
and Central America.
Description
Shrubby, upright growth and thickened, tuberous roots.
*Height and Spread: Reaches heights of 1.5 m (5 ft) or more.Brickell, Christopher "The Royal Horticultural Society A-Z of Garden Plants (Volume 1: A-J)", 3rd ed. Copyright 1996, 2003, 2008 Dorling Kindersley Ltd., London. pp 461 Spreads as wide as 80 cm (32 in).
*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 (3.5–9 in), or typically 17x12cm (7x5in) 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.Ewart, Ron (1982). "Fuchsia Lexicon". Blandford Books Ltd. . pp 20
**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.
Cultivation
*Hardiness: Half-hardy. Minimum temperature of 5 °C (41 °F).
Etymology
''Fuchsia'' is named for
Leonhart Fuchs
Leonhart Fuchs (; 17 January 1501 – 10 May 1566), sometimes spelled Leonhard Fuchs and cited in Latin as ''Leonhartus Fuchsius'', was a German physician and botanist. His chief notability is as the author of a large book about plants and th ...
(1501–1566), a renaissance botanist and professor at
Tübingen
Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in thr ...
. ''Fulgens'' means 'shining' or 'glistening', often in reference (as in this case) to red flowers.Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). pp 171, 172