Fuchsia

Three native species of Fuchsia grow in New Zealand. Kotukutuku (Fuchsia excorticata) is a large tree Fuchsia that can reach a height of 10m or more with papery peeling bark. Fuchsia procumbens a wiry evergreen trailing Fuchsia and Fuchsia Skinnera distinguished by a floral tube that is swollen above the ovary (future fruit). The sepals curve back on themselves and the petals are small or near absent