Ocotillo
Habit | cacti-succulent
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Height: | ⇕ | 30 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 30. |
Width: | ⇔ | 6 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6. |
Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Bloom: | ❀ | early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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Features: | ✓ | flowers |
USDA Zones: | 7 to 11 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | red, pink |
Origin: | ✈ | ? |
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Exposure: | ☼ | ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property. |
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Water: | ◍ | ?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property. |
Read about Ocotillo in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Fouquieria splendens, Engelm. Coach-Whip. Vine-Cactus. Jacob's Staff. Ocotillo. Shrub, 6-25 ft., branching near the base: branches long, gray, furrowed, erect: Ivs. obovate, rounded at apex, wedge-shaped at base, ½ -l in. long: fls. scarlet or brick-red, exceeding 1 in. long, in racemose or thyrsoid elongated clusters; stamens 8-12, exserted: caps. 1/2 – 2/3 in. long, the seeds white, with a long fringe of spirally thickened hairs. W. Texas and Ariz, to 8. Calif. B.M. 8318. A.G. 13:759.—A hedge plant in Mex., making an impenetrable barrier. The plant is a conspicuous object in the deserts from Texas westward, standing on the open exposed places and slopes, the rod-like stiff canes looking like lifeless sticks in dry weather and in its season crowned with masses of showy bloom. CH
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Varieties
Three subspecies are accepted by some botanists:
- Fouquieria splendens subsp. splendens
- Fouquieria splendens subsp. breviflora Henrickson
- Fouquieria splendens subsp. campanulata (Nash) Henrickson
Gallery
Closeup of ocotillo thorns. Taken in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Closeup of ocotillo flowers. Taken in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
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