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Fouquieria diguetii
Adam's tree is a semi-succulent, deciduous shrub to small tree from the dry coasts of Baja California and Sonora, valued for its red tubular flowers. It needs full sun, well-drained soil and very little water.
Fouquieria diguetii, known by the common names Adam's tree, palo Adán, and Baja California tree ocotillo, is a plant in the family Fouquieriaceae native to the southern half of the Baja California Peninsula, and the coasts of Sonora and Sinaloa. It is a semi-succulent and deciduous plant related to the ocotillo and the Boojum tree. It is distinguished by its bright red, tubular flowers, a shrub to small tree habit, and conical, paniculate inflorescences.
This plant may be found from the vicinity of El Crucero in southern Baja California into the cape of the Baja California Sur, and on the surrounding islands in the gulf, and the Santa Margarita and Magdalena Islands on the Pacific coast. It is also found on some parts of the coast of Sonora and Sinaloa, facing the Gulf of California.
Pichilingue · Boojum tree · Fouquieria fasciculata · Fouquieria formosa · Fouquieria shrevei · Ocotillo · Ocotillo
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
