Ocotillo Flowers
Close-up of the flowers of the ocotillo, a somewhat common Southwestern plant found in most of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts. In the spring, the long, thorny spines sprout small green leaves and brilliantly orange flowers from the mature stems that attract and are pollinated by hummingbirds and carpenter bees. This one was found way out in SE California near the Arizona Border in Imperial County.
- Copyright
- ©2015
- Image Size
- 6000x4000 / 10.7MB
- Keywords
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Angiosperms, Asterids, California, Ericales, Eudicots, F. splendens, Fouquieria, Fouquieria splendens, Fouquieriaceae, Imperial County, Jacob Cactus, Jacob's Staff, Picacho, Picacho Peak, Picacho Peak Wilderness Area, Plantae, arid, botany, cacti, cactus, candlewood, coachwhip, desert, desert coral, dicot, flora, flower, flowers, green, heat, hurt, nature, ocotillo, orange, pain, painful, perennial, plant, poke, prickle, prickly, red, sharp, shrub, slimwood, southwest, spike, spiky, spring, succulent, thorn, thorny, vine cactus, west, western, wild, wild. plants, wildlife
- Contained in galleries
- Fouquieriaceae (Ocotillo Family), Red & Orange Wildflowers
