Erect or scrambling shrubs to small trees. Young shoots hairy at first. Leaves in 3s or 4s, to about 15 cm long and 6 cm wide, elliptic to lanceolate, margin with small teeth. Flowers in axillary clusters towards the tips of the branches, the tube 3-5 cm long. Sepals rosy pink with green tips. Petals orange to bright red. Fruit ellipsoid, green to purplish. Syn. F. serratifolia Ruiz &Pav.

Bolivia, Peru.

Source: Waldron, M.; Spencer, R. (2002). Fuchsia. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.