Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_fuchsia_magellanica
Hardy Fuchsia
Fuchsia magellanica
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About Hardy Fuchsia
A branching shrub with long arching stems and opposite or three-whorled, toothed ovate-to-lanceolate leaves. Solitary hanging flowers have magenta tubes and sepals, dark-purple petals and strongly projecting stamens. The fruit is an ellipsoid berry. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Fuchsia magellanica
- Common names
- hardy fuchsia · earring flower
- Other names
- Fuchsia magellanica · hardy fuchsia · earring flower
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only. The reviewed regional account does not specify ripe berry color. Depict flowers and leaves, leaving ripe fruit color unconstructed.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Shrub or subshrub; Small shrubs; stems long, arcuate, 1-2.5(-4) m long.
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- A branching shrub with long arching stems and opposite or three-whorled, toothed ovate-to-lanceolate leaves. Solitary hanging flowers have magenta tubes and sepals, dark-purple petals and strongly projecting stamens. The fruit is an ellipsoid berry. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.