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Endangered
CITES App. II
Echinocereus pulchellus var. weinbergii
Kew Mag. 2(2): 272, 1985
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Echinocereus pulchellus var. weinbergii
Author
(Weing.) N.P.Taylor
Chinese genus
鹿角柱属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
Not present.
Description
Solitary or slowly clumping
Roots
It has a strong taproot.
Flowers
Abundant pink or purple/red (rarely white) flowers, up to 6 cm in diameter.
Ribs
14 or 15, acute
Stem
Flat globular, conical as it ages, up to 13 cm in diameter (but cultivated plants are frequently larger), bluish green when young;
Radial Spines
8 to 11 spines per areole, 3-12 mm long, pale yellowish.
Areoles
5 to7 mm apart; 3 to 7