Accession Data
Common Name: Ocotillo, Coach-whip, Vine Cactus
Family: Fouquieriaceae
Country of Origin: Mexico, Baja California
Description: A succulent plant from Mexico with numerous grooved, narrow, spiny stems and eventually bearing numerous, very attractive red flowers.
See A study of Idria columnaris and Fouquieria splendens by R. R. Humphrey, American Journal of Botany © 1935 Botanical Society of America {access limited to JSTOR subscribing institutions}
Accession #: 199200007
Accession Date: 1992-12-31 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 2214
Quantity: 1
Source: Unknown
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Fouquieriaceae
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