Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Fuchsia, Fuchsia magellanica, Fiúise
Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork

Fuchsia
Fuchsia magellanica
Fiúise
Family: Onagraceae

Flowering: June - October. Deciduous shrub. Garden escape. Introduced.

Flowers have red sepals and violet petals, downward hanging on long stalks. Fruit is a non-edible black berry. The leaves are opposite, elliptical and toothed. Spreads vegetatively by suckers. Height: To 3m.

Roadsides, hedges, walls, banksand river banks. Originally introduced from S. America, now naturalised. Very common along roadsides in SW Ireland

Similar: White Fuchsia

Fuchsia, Fuchsia magellanica, Fiúise

Fuchsia, Fuchsia magellanica, Fiúise
Fuchsia, Fuchsia magellanica, Fiúise

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