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Zauschneria is a genus of about four species of perennial plants found on dry slopes and in chaparral of western North America, notable for their profusion of bright scarlet flowers in late summer and autumn.
The genus is sometimes included in Epilobium ( fireweeds), and common names include California fuchsia, hummingbird flower, and hummingbird trumpet (they being very attractive to hummingbirds).
Native populations of these plants exhibit considerable variation in appearance and habit. The small leaves may be opposite or alternate, lance-shaped or ovate, with short to nonexistent stalks, and range in color from green to nearly white. Overall shape may be matting or mounding, the plants commonly spreading via rhizomes. The racemeA raceme is a type of inflorescence that is unbranched and indeterminate and bears pedicellate flowers (having short floral stalks called pedicels along the axis. In botany, axis means a shoot, in this case one bearing the flowers. In a raceme, the oldests of tubular or funnel-shaped flowers are terminal, and colors are mostly reddish, ranging from fuchsia to pink to red-orange.
As befits their origin, they prefer to be cultivated in well-drained soil exposed to full sun but protected from the wind, and need little watering.
A small number of hybrid cultivarA cultivar is a cultivated variety of a plant species. Modern cultivars are often, but not necessarily, hybrids between species; they may equally well represent particularly desirable selections from populations of a single species. Cultivars generally ars have been introduced by various growers, in some cases by working from isolated populations, such as those on Santa Cruz IslandSanta Cruz Island is a privately owned island off the coast of California. It is part of the northern group of the Channel Islands of California and is the largest of the eight islands in the chain. Nine-tenths of Santa Cruz has been owned by The Nature C off the CaliforniaCalifornia is a state located in the western United States, bordering the Pacific Ocean. The most populous and third largest state in the U. California is both physically and demographically diverse. The state's official nickname is "The Golden State", wh coast.
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