candlewood

Types:

Fouquieria splendens, Jacob's staff, coachwhip, ocotillo, vine cactus

desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers

Fouquieria columnaris, Idria columnaris, boojum tree, cirio

candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers

Type of:

bush, shrub

a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems