Echinocereus bristolii subs. floresii
Echinocereus Monogr. (preprint) [3] (1998)
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Echinocereus bristolii subs. floresii
Author
(Fritz Schwarz ex Backeb.) W.Blum & Mich.Lange in W.Blum et al.
Chinese genus
鹿角柱属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Habit
It is a densely cespitose cactus species, with numerous short, upright heads that can form clumps to 30 cm in diameter.
Seeds
1 mm long, tuberculate.
Roots
Tuberous.
Note
Marshall placed Echinocereus floresiiSN|8685]]SN|8685]] in the synonymy of Echinocereus bristoliiSN|8681]]SN|21864]].
Flowers
Bright pink 5 cm long, 7 cm in expansion when fully open occurring down the sides of the plant. Ovary and tube densely spinose. Stigma lobes green. Self sterile.
Blooming Season
Late spring.
Spines
Many flexible more or less appressed.
Stem
Slender, short, mostly erect, cylindrical, tapered toward the tips, often 25 cm tall, and 4 cm in diameter partially hidden by the many short dense spines.
Fruits
Subglobose, reddish green with white pulp.
Areoles
Small at first woolly, becoming naked 5-8 mm apart on the same rib.