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Fuchsia macrostigma

Fuchsia macrostigma
Photo: Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0
Family
Onagraceae (Evening-primrose family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Colombia to Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

About

Fuchsia macrostigma is a species of flowering plant in the family Onagraceae. It is a shrub with red, funnel-shaped flowers. The fruits are ellipsoid berries. The species is native to Colombia and Ecuador, and was described in 1844.

The flowers of Fuchsia macrostigma are visited by hummingbirds.

Where it grows

Fuchsia macrostigma is native to the wet tropical biome of Colombia and Ecuador (El Oro Province). It grows in moist cloud forests on the Cordillera Occidental, at elevations of 1,000–2,500 metres (3,300–8,200 ft). The species occurs on both sides of the Patía River.

Other Fuchsia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Fuchsia macrostigma 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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