Sclerocactus spinosior var. schlesseri

Endangered

CITES App. II

Sclerocactus spinosior var. schlesseri

Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 60(1): 35, 45. 1988 [Feb 1988]

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Sclerocactus

Species

Sclerocactus spinosior var. schlesseri

Author

(K.D.Heil & S.L.Welsh) R.May

Chinese genus

白红山属

Chinese name

Primary

Sclerocactus spinosior subs. schlesseri

Accepted

Sclerocactus spinosior subs. blainei

DescriptionEdit description

Habit

Ovoidal and generally solitary.

Note

Red flowers are common in species pollinated by birds (but also bat and insect)

Flowers

Pink-purplish borne at the apex of the stem, blooming in late-spring (May-June).(In cultivation in April )

Spines

Spines are pubescent in young and early reproductive plants; The central spine number varies, and the number of hooked spines may number as many as six, with one central more developed, papery sometimes flattened, ribbon-like and longer than in Sclerocactus spinosiorSN|19522]]SN|19510]].

Stem

3-15 cm tall.

Endangered

CITES App. II