Bolivian fuchsia

Bolivian fuchsia is an evergreen shrub with trumpet-like flowers.

Description

• Leaves are 25 x 10cm and densely hairy.

• Flowers are trumpet-like, pink/red and droop.

• Berries are cylindrical and dark purple.

• Seeds are dispersed by birds and fragments by water, soil and vehicle movement, and dumped vegetation.

• Habitats include forest, shrubland, and riparian margins.

What you need to know

Bolivian fuchsia has the potential to outcompete native vegetation including the native fuchsia spp. And decrease its genetic diversity through hybridisation.

Management approach

Bolivian fuchsia is declared an unwanted organism by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) because it is capable of causing harm to the natural environment, physical resources or human health in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

These species pose a high risk to our environment, economy, recreation, and cultural values.

Rules

Any species declared a pest, including unwanted organisms, cannot be sold or be in a place where plants are being sold. Pest plants cannot be propagated, bred, or multiplied, communicated, released, or cause to be released, or otherwise spread.

Control

Do not attempt to undertake control of Bolivian fuchsia yourself. Report any sightings to us.