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Ocotillo

Fouquieria splendens

Photo by JoshuaGSmith
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33.5092, -111.899

Field Notes

Habitat:

It was seen on the side of the road on BLM land.

Notes:

This strange desert plant has thorns like a rose, limbs like a willow, and blooms like a penstemon. It is truly one of the most unique of the Southwest’s Flora.

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Photographed
PublishedJuly 6, 2014

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