Accession Data

Fouquieria splendens

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 Data

Accession #: 199200007

Accession Date: 1992-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2214

Quantity: 1

Source: Unknown

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: asterids

Order: Ericales

Family: Fouquieriaceae

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Fouquieria splendens