Epilobium canum subsp. latifolium

Family: Onagraceae · Type: perennial · Native

california fuchsia is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, southern California mountains, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, Mojave Desert, and Sonoran Desert on dry slopes and ridges at elevations of 50 to 3,300 meters. Flowering from June to December, this plant produces reddish-pink to scarlet flowers with tubular shapes that attract hummingbirds. Growing with spreading stems 10 to 50 centimeters tall, it develops a soft, hairy appearance with glandular texture. Its opposite leaves are lanceolate to ovate, ranging from nearly entire to lightly toothed with a bright green coloration. The plant forms spreading clumps with soft, hair-covered stems that give it a delicate yet resilient character.

Habitat: dry slopes, ridges

Bloom period: Jun-Dec

Elevation: 50-3300 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoR, CaR, SN, SCo, TR, PR, DMoj, DSon (n&ampw edge)

California counties: Humboldt, Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Sonoma, Tulare, San Diego, El Dorado, Tuolumne, Amador, Alpine, Lake, Trinity, Plumas, Fresno, Ventura, Madera, Mariposa, Inyo, Placer, Del Norte, Butte, Mendocino, Mono, Calaveras, Sierra, Tehama, Monterey, Nevada, Orange, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Siskiyou, Napa, Stanislaus, Colusa, Shasta, Lassen, Yolo, Imperial, San Benito

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.