Stats

Lifespan: Perennial
Size: Medium
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Temperate shrubland
Range: North America
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Toxins
Status: Common

About

California fuchsia blazes with brilliant scarlet tubular flowers from late summer into fall, making it one of the West's most reliable hummingbird magnets. Despite its fuchsia-like blooms, it's a tough drought-tolerant native of California's dry slopes and chaparral.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Epilobium
Species: Epilobium canum