Fouquieria splendens Engelm. 
Family: Fouquieriaceae
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Max Licher  
Photographer: Max Licher
Manager: ASU Vascular Plant Herbarium
Locality: Sedona
 
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).
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Max Licher  
Fouquieria splendens image
Mark A. Dimmitt  
Fouquieria splendens image
Mark A. Dimmitt  
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L.R. Landrum  
Photographer: Max Licher
Manager: ASU Vascular Plant Herbarium
Locality: Sedona
Photographer: Mark A. Dimmitt
Manager: ASDM Sonora Desert Digital Library
Locality: Tucson Mts, AZ
Copyright: © 1985 ASDM
Photographer: Mark A. Dimmitt
Manager: ASDM Sonora Desert Digital Library
Locality: Tucson Mts.
Copyright: © 2004 ASDM
Photographer: L.R. Landrum
Manager: ASU Vascular Plant Herbarium
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