Evening-flowering perennial herb to 0.5 m tall, stems spreading or upright. Leaves on stem 1-3 cm long, oblanceolate to elliptic, 2-5 cm long,1.5 cm wide,more or less entire to wavy-toothed and lobed; stalked. Flowers in upper leaf axils stalked, petals 0.5-1.2 cm long, rose to rose-purple; Aug-Mar. Fruit a capsule narrowed at the base, 8-10 mm long, ribbed.

O. 'Ballerina Hot Pink' PVJ 10(4)61.

Naturalised in Qld, NSW and Vic.

Mexico, N and S America.

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.