California Park Series - Anza-Borrego Desert - Ocotillo Plant - Fouquieria Splendens Stock Photography

Close up of Spring growth with bright red buds and flowers on Ocotillo plant beneath the blue sky and white clouds and in the mountains and desert near Borrego Springs, in Anza-Borrego State Park. Fouquieria splendens is a plant indigenous to the deserts in the Southwestern United States, and northern Mexico. While semi-succulent and a desert plant, Ocotillo is more closely related to the tea plant and blueberries than to cactuses. HTBphotos by John and Katharina Notarianni for websites, print, news and other media.