Common name
English: Hummingbird fuchsia
German: Scharlach-Fuchsie
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Myrtales (80)
Family: Onagraceae (19)(family description)
Genus: Fuchsia (1)
Epithet: magellanica Lam. (1)
magellanica => from the Straits of Magellan, South America (named in honor of Fernão de Magalhães (1480–1521), Portuguese explorer)
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: red