Ocotillo Flowers
Although not really a cactus, the ocotillo is 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.
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Ajo, Ajo Range, Angiosperms, Arizona, Asterids, Ericales, Eudicots, F. splendens, Fouquieria, Fouquieria splendens, Fouquieriaceae, HIghway 85, Jacob Cactus, Jacob's Staff, OPCNM, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Pima County, Plantae, Sonoran Desert, arid, botany, cacti, cactus, candlewood, coachwhip, desert, desert coral, dicot, flora, green, heat, hurt, nature, ocotillo, pain, painful, perennial, plant, poke, prickle, prickly, sharp, shrub, slimwood, southwest, spike, spiky, spring, succulent, thorn, thorny, vine cactus, west, western, wild, zygomorphic
- Contained in galleries
- Fouquieriaceae (Ocotillo Family), Red & Orange Wildflowers
