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Fouquieria splendens
Ocotillo, Candlewood
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Photographer: E. Wynn Anderson
ID: 0000 0000 1018 1545 (2018-10-25)Copyright © 2018 Wynn Anderson
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date of photo Apr 20, 2018
latitude 30.78030 longitude 105.01740
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location
road to Squaw Spring, 0.4 miles north of Indio Mountains Research Station HQ, 0.3 miles south of junction with road to Oxford Canyo (Hudspeth County, Texas, US)family
Fouquieriaceae
plant community Chihuahuan Desert scrub at 4117' (1254m)notes shrubs in thin soils and calcareous gravels on flats, terraces and ridges, Spiny, erect wandlike stems from woody base, each terminated by showy panicles of red tubular flowers. First spring flowering generally on leafless stems without dependence on recent rainfall. Subsequent flowerings, and appearance of foliage, is triggered by periods of rainfall.keywords: CDR, Chihuahuan Desert, IMRS, Indio
contributor's ID # CDR 128 photo category: Plant - shrub
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Ocotillo, Candlewood (photographer)
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