Echinocereus huitcholensis
Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 16: 23. 1906
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Echinocereus huitcholensis
Author
(F.A.C.Weber) Gürke
Chinese genus
鹿角柱属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
Usually solitary
Description
Echinocereus polyacanthusSN|15743]]SN|7070]] subs. huitcholensis (Echinocereus huitcholensisSN|7070]]SN|15743]]) is a clumping cactus, forming cushions, with brilliant orange up to 11 cm long flower.
Note
"huitcholensis" for the occurrence in the Sierra de los Huitcholes, Jalisco, Mexico.
Flowers
Diurnal, arising near the stem's apex, 11 cm long or less, narrow funnel-form, with a pronounced tube. Perianth-segments uncertainorange, spines on ovary and tube weak, acicular. Areoles of flower-tube bearing long cobwebby hairs.
Stem
4 to 6 cm long, 2 to 4 cm in diameter.
Radial Spines
10 to 12.