Evening-flowering biennial to 2 m tall. Leaves in a basal rosette and on stem, the latter oblanceolate to elliptic, to 20 cm long, more or less lobed towards the base, almost entire to toothed. Flowers in a dense spike. Petals 1-2.5 cm long, yellow, fading duller or orange. Fruit capsule 2-4 cm long, narrowly lanceolate in outline.
C and E North America (cosmopolitan weed).
Source: (2002). Fuchsia. In: . 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.