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Fuchsia ceracea

Fuchsia ceracea
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0
Family
Onagraceae (Evening-primrose family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber
Native range
Peru (Huánuco)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Fuchsia ceracea is a species of flowering plant in the family Onagraceae. It is a shrub or liana with waxy leaves, and pink, red, and purple flowers. The species is native to Peru, and was described in 1982.

Where it grows

Fuchsia ceracea is native to the wet tropical biome of Huánuco, Peru. It grows at elevations of 2,500–2,850 metres (8,200–9,350 ft).

Other Fuchsia plants

Fuchsia apetala · Aretillo · Fuchsia ×bacillaris · Bolivian fuchsia · Fuchsia bracelinae · Fuchsia campii · Fuchsia campos-portoi · Fuchsia canescens · Fuchsia caucana · Fuchsia cinerea · Fuchsia coccinea · Fuchsia cochabambana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Fuchsia ceracea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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