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Ocotillo
Ocotillo
Fouquieria splendens
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Up to 60 yrs
Size
Large
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Desert
Range
North America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Spines
Status
Common

About

A spindly desert shrub of bare, spiny canes that stay leafless through drought and burst into small green leaves within days of rain. Its whip-like stems end in brilliant clusters of tubular red-orange flowers that hummingbirds favor.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Fouquieriaceae
Genus
Fouquieria
Species
Fouquieria splendens