Fouquieria columnaris

E388566

Fouquieria columnaris, commonly known as the boojum tree, is a bizarre, spiny, bottle-shaped desert plant native to the Baja California Peninsula.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Fouquieria columnaris canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf desert plant ⓘ
flowering plant ⓘ
plant species ⓘ
tree-like succulent ⓘ
adaptation drought tolerance ⓘ
water storage in trunk ⓘ
barkColor gray ⓘ
branchingPattern few irregular side branches ⓘ
characteristic bizarre appearance ⓘ
spiny branches ⓘ
succulent stem tissue ⓘ
climatePreference hot desert climate ⓘ
commonName boojum tree ⓘ
cirio ⓘ
conservationStatus not globally threatened ⓘ
describedAs unusual-looking tree ⓘ
distribution Baja California Sur ⓘ
central Baja California ⓘ
small area of Sonora ⓘ
endemicTo Baja California Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Baja California
family Fouquieriaceae ⓘ
flowerColor cream ⓘ
yellowish ⓘ
floweringSeason late summer ⓘ
genus Fouquieria ⓘ
growthForm bottle-shaped trunk ⓘ
columnar stem ⓘ
habitat arid scrublands ⓘ
desert ⓘ
kingdom Plantae ⓘ
leafArrangement clustered on short lateral branches ⓘ
leafType deciduous ⓘ
lifeSpan long-lived perennial ⓘ
maximumHeight about 20 meters ⓘ
namedBy Albert Kellogg ⓘ
nativeTo Baja California Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Baja California

northwestern Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Northwestern Mexico
order Ericales ⓘ
photosynthesisType C3 ⓘ
photosyntheticOrgan small leaves on short branches ⓘ
pollinatedBy bees ⓘ
insects ⓘ
reproduction seeds ⓘ
seedDispersal wind ⓘ
soilPreference well-drained rocky soils ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
usedAs ornamental plant ⓘ
yearDescribed 1860s ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Valle de los Cirios → hasSpecies → Fouquieria columnaris ⓘ
Fouquieria → containsSpecies → Fouquieria columnaris ⓘ
Fouquieriaceae → notableSpecies → Fouquieria columnaris ⓘ