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Endangered
CITES App. II
Echinocereus caespitosus var. armatus
Cacti (Borg) 1937:174
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Echinocereus caespitosus var. armatus
Author
(Poselg. ex Engelm.) Borg
Chinese genus
鹿角柱属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
1 or 2 sharpen, light brown, darkly tipped.
Description
Single or branching at the base when old.
Roots
Fibrous.
Blooming Season
Appearing next to the stem tip, scented magenta-pink, with somehow darker midstrips, more brightly to green in the throat, 7-12 cm long and in diameter. Filaments light green, stylus and anther dark green.
Ribs
approx.15- 20, width 5-10 mm.
Stem
Green, up to 20 (40) cm tall, 7-10 cm in diameter
Radial Spines
Up to 23, clearer white-brownish to white-greyish straight, closely pectinate.
Fruits
Oval green-brownish. Ripe two month after blooming.
Areoles
Elongated elliptic.