Fuchsia pilosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Onagraceae. It is a shrub or subshrub with elliptical to oblanceolate leaves, drooping inflorescences with orange-red flowers, and reddish berries. The species is endemic to Peru, and was described in 1844.
Taxonomy The species was described by Henry Borron Fielding & George Gardner in 1844.
Fuchsia pilosa is part of a species group with Fuchsia macrophylla, Fuchsia macropetala, and Fuchsia ovalis.
Distribution Fuchsia pilosa is native to the wet tropical biome of northern Peru, and is endemic to Amazonas. It grows in cloud forests, east of the Utcubamba river, at elevations of .
Fuchsia pilosa grows near Fuchsia rivularis, and their stems may be entangled, though the species are not known to hybridise.
Description Fuchsia pilosa is a shrub or subshrub. It grows high. The younger branches usually have whitish hairs. The older branches are smooth, light tan in colour, and finely striped.
The leaves are elliptical to oblanceolate, long, wide, and matte green on both sides. The leaf stems are long.
The inflorescences are drooping racemes, and have many flowers crowded at their tips. The flower stems are long. The flowers are orange-red. The floral tube is slightly hairy on the outside, narrowly funnel-shaped, long, around wide at the base, and around wide at the rim. The sepals are tapering, long, and wide. The petals are oblong-elliptical, long, and wide.
The fruit is a reddish, oblong-ellipsoid berry, with four grooves before maturity. The berry is long, thick, and slightly hairy. The seeds are tan, around long, and wide.
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