Accession #: 199900125
Accession Date: 1999-08-28
Common name: Boojum Tree
Family: Fouquieriaceae
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Country of Origin: Baja California
Description: The Boojum Tree is named after a "mythical thing called a boojum found in desolate far-off regions", coined in the book The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carrol.
It is nearly endemic to the Baja California Peninsula with only a small population in the Sierra Bacha, south of Puerto Libertad, Sonora, Mexico.
Uses:
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USDA Zone:
Source: Bartlett Arboretum {BA90-22}
Provenance:
27MAY2008 - Genus name changed to Fouquieria from Idria to correct synonomy. CMORSE
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