Xerophyte

Central Spines

0 or 1 dark, up to 3.5 cm long;

Description

Usually clumping, Echinocereus coccineus subs. paucispinusSN|8493]]SN|8493]] (Echinocereus paucispinusSN|8497]]SN|8497]]) often forms large colonies of many as 50 thick, stems on each plant at maturity.

Note

Female and male flowers

Ribs

5 to 8 warty with narrow furrows.

Stem

Semi-erect, pale green, up to 40 cm tall, 6 cm in diameter.

Radial Spines

3 to 6 straight or not, 1.5-2 cm long yellowish and turning grey after some years.

Areoles

Whitish, 1-2 cm apart.