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.
Accession Data:
Accession # 199900125
Source: Bartlett Arboretum {BA90-22}
Provenance: 27MAY2008 - Genus name changed to Fouquieria from Idria to correct synonomy. CMORSE
Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Tomas Castelazo (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 03, 2017.
Ocean Oasis Field Guide at San Diego Natural History Museum. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 03, 2017.
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