Cactus lasiacanthus var. denudatus
Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 100. 1894
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Cactus lasiacanthus var. denudatus
Author
(Engelm.) J.M.Coult.
Chinese genus
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Chinese name
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Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Roots
Diffuse not enlarged.
Flowers
1-2,5 cm; white or cream, usually with sharply defined midstripes of green, yellow, tan, pink, pale purple, or reddish, blooming from January to March.
Spines
40-80 per areole, in several series but all equally thin, mostly appressed, white or very pale pink, often minutely tipped pinkish brown, innocuous, bristlelike, 0,5-6 mm, glabrous to plumose, all interpreted as radial, innermost spines shortest; No central spines.
Stem
Depressed-spheric to short cylindric, 1-3,5 cm wide × 1,5-7 cm tall. Axils bare.
Fruits
Scarlet, cylindric or clavate, 10-25 mm long with floral remnant persistent ripening in June August.