Family: Onagraceae
High Risk Traits:
- Elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
- Grows in upper elevation tropical climates
- Naturalized on Kauai island, Colombia, Venezuela, Jamaica, Java, Reunion, India, New Zealand and a number of other countries
- Environmental weed in New Zealand
- Fuchsia magellanica has become invasive
- Shade-tolerant
- Tolerates many soil types
- Forms dense thickets
- Reproduces by seeds
- Self-compatible
- Reproduces vegetatively by sucker growth or rooting from broken or cut stems
- Seeds dispersed by birds and intentionally by people
Low Risk Traits:
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
- No reports of toxicity
- Ornamental