Ferocactus hastifer
Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 41: 90. 1979
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Ferocactus hastifer
Author
(Werderm. & Boed.) N.P.Taylor
Chinese genus
强刺球属
Chinese name
-
Primary
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Description
Usually solitary, clustering only after many years, from the base. Even the young seedlings may be immediately distinguished from the other Thelocacti
Roots
Tuberose swollen.
Note
At the base the plant body has a very thin collar that cannot bear the weight of the stem, so eventually it grows lying on the ground. (it is a good hanging like Thelocactus)
Flowers
2,5-3 cm long, 35-75 mm wide, magenta, with paler throat. They appear in the spring.
Spines
Central spines 4-5, 10-26 mm long, white to black, straight, acicular. Radial spines 20-25, 12-15 mm long, white, straight, acicular.
Ribs
Approx. 18 vertical or spiralling divided into rounded tubercles sometimes with or sometimes without extrafloral nectaries.
Stem
Cylindrical cereoid, erect or decumbent, yellowish green, 10-40 cm tall, 2,5-5 cm in diameter