Fouquieriaceae

• Fouquieria columnaris
• Fouquieria diguetii
• Fouquieria splendens
• Fouquieria unidentified

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

• Country of Origin: Mexico, Baja California
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• 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}