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Fouquieria splendens
For most of the year, a clump of apparently dead sticks, 8-10 feet tall. In the wet season, many shiny green leaves, 1-2 inches long, sprout all along the stems. Red flowers appear on the tips of the stems.
Desert scrubland.
Oak Creek drainage, near Cathedral Rock, Sedona, Arizona.
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