Plant: Shrub to small tree; short trunk 10-20 cm tall bearing numerous usually simple, erect, spiny branches 2-6 m high Leaves: 1-2 cm long, 2-8 mm wide, obovate, on terminal long growth or axillary short shoots, the tips rounded or notched Inflorescence: 1-2 cm long, 2-8 mm wide, obovate, on terminal longgrowth or axillary short shoots, the tips rounded or notched Flowers: red, reddish orange, yellow, or pinkish purple; corolla tube 6.5-22 mm long Fruit: FRUITS 3-valved capsules Misc: Chihuahuan and Sonoran deserts and mesquite grasslands References: W. B. McDougal. Seed plants of Northern Arizona. J.C. Hickman, ed. The Jepson Manual. Kearney and Peebles. Arizona Flora. ASU specimens. Mason, Charles T., Jr. 1999. Fouquieriaceae. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. 32(1).