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Accession Data:

Fouquieria splendens Engelm.

  • Common Name: Ocotillo, Coach-whip, Vine Cactus
  • Family: Fouquieriaceae DC.

  • 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
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1992
  • Bench: 2214 - XER:Sonoran-Baja Deserts
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 05-21-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: asterids
  • Order: Ericales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Fouquieriaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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References (internal):

  • Bird Pollination (ornithophily)
  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries

References (external):

data regenerated on Wed, 21 May 2025 10:39:05 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Fouquieriaceae

  • Fouquieria columnaris
  • Fouquieria diguetii
  • Fouquieria splendens
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