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Endangered
CITES App. II
Primary
Accepted
Echinocereus pulchellus subs. acanthosetus
Cactaceae Consensus Init. 5: 12. 1998 [see also: W.Blum in W. Blum et al., Echinocereus (preprint) [8] (1998)]
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Echinocereus pulchellus subs. acanthosetus
Author
(S.Arias & U.Guzmán) N.P.Taylor
Chinese genus
鹿角柱属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Description
Generally slowly clumping geophytic cacti. During drought time this species shrinks into the ground.
Roots
Tap root
Flowers
Magenta to cream-white, funnelform, on the sides at the base of the stems, up to 8 cm in diameter.
Spines
5 to 8 flailing hairlike spines.
Stem
Usually small 2-6 cm in diameter, 2-5 cm tall with 9 ribs.