PLANTS Profile for Fouquieria splendens (ocotillo)

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Fouquieria splendens Engelm.
ocotillo

Symbol:

FOSP2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fouquieriaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Fouquieria splendens Engelm.

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Synonyms:
Fouquieria splendens Engelm.

FOSPS2

Fouquieria splendens Engelm. ssp. splendens

ocotillo

Distribution:
Fouquieria splendens Engelm.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, CA, NM, NV, TX)

Related Taxa:
Fouquieria splendens Engelm.

View 1 genera in Fouquieriaceae, 3 species in Fouquieria

Classification:
Fouquieria splendens Engelm.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Fouquieriaceae – Ocotillo family
Genus	Fouquieria Kunth – ocotillo
Species	Fouquieria splendens Engelm. – ocotillo

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Fouquieria splendens Engelm.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
coach whip		Salvage restricted

More Accounts and Images:
Fouquieria splendens Engelm.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502645.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 09/25/2008 12:48 AM MDT