Fouquieriaceae
Ocotillo
Fouquieria splendens
- Family
- Fouquieriaceae
- Genus
- Fouquieria
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Common names
By language (10)
- Basque
- Okotillo
- Catalan
- F. splendens
- Chinese
- 福桂树, 蜡烛木, 蠟燭木, 尾红龙
- English
- Ocotillo
- Finnish
- Hehkuokotillo
- French
- Ocotillo
- German
- Ocotillo
- Italian
- Ocotillo
- Japanese
- フォウクィエリア・スプレンデンス, オコティーヨ, フォークィエリア・スプレンデンス
- Spanish
- Ocotillo, Rotilla
Flowers
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.