It may be too late to encourage new blooms on this plant. Seems that once they form that many seeds, you can't get much more out of them even if you cut them off. Maybe get to it earlier next year? That's some wild mulch!

Chuy, I'll be dag'gon if that ain't an ocotillo, a Fouquieria splendens! :) Where did you get it? It's a native to CA and is found throughout the higher elevation desert (i.e. Anza-Borrego). They can grow fairly tall (7 feet or more, I think?), have little round green leaves (as you're starting to see on your plant) that grow along the "trunk" and branches, and in the spring produce spearheads of vibrant red flowers. They're also quite thorny. :) Here's a link for images of ocotillo plants. I don't know what the proper care is for an ocotillo, but now that you know what it is, you can look up how to care for it. :) CG Here is a link that might be useful: Fouquieria splendens (Wikipedia)

Looks like cassia (senna) bicapsularis. It's a favorite of sulphur butterflies. It normally blooms in the fall but I noticed that my neighbor's plant is blooming now too. Crazy weather! Here is a link that might be useful: Cassia bicapsularis

rotflmbo .... thank god you have a camera.. and some good garden friends... lol .... ALWAYS keep in mind.... one bug means nothing .... if and only if you go out there one day .. and see all the leaves chewed off the plants.. will you need to worry ... then you have a plague ... and need to worry ... BUT.. being a tomato ... once you act once.. it will probably recover .. and produce just fine ... ken