MEXICAN FREMONTIA 



Fremontodendron mexkanum Davidson 



Fremontia is quite unlike any other plant of the Pacific coast. It 

 grows as a shrub or small tree with many branches. When the showy 

 flowers first open they are bright yellow, but they soon fade to red 

 and finally turn brown. The flowers remain on their stalks after they 

 have withered, and a bizarre effect is produced by the various colors 

 of flowers in different stages of development. 



The genus Fremontodendron was named for General John C. Fre- 

 mont, one of the early explorers of the West. The Mexican fremontia 

 has a narrow range, and is found only in southern California and 

 northern Lower California. The only other species, Fremontodendron 

 calif ornicum, grows farther northward in the mountains of California. 



The specimen sketched was grown in Los Angeles, California. 



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