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brilliant fuchsia
Fuchsia fulgens
Fuchsia fulgens is a plant of the genus Fuchsia native to Mexico and Central America.
From the article Fuchsia fulgens on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Shrubby, upright growth and thickened, tuberous roots.
Height and Spread: Reaches heights of 1.5 m (5 ft) or more. 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. 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.
In human culture
Fuchsia is named for Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566), a renaissance botanist and professor at Tübingen. Fulgens means 'shining' or 'glistening', often in reference (as in this case) to red flowers.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Fuchsia fulgens in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 291926.