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Endangered

CITES App. II

Echinocactus bolaensis

Gartenflora 38: 106 (Abb. 21). 1889 Remarks: As "bolansis".

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Echinocactus

Species

Echinocactus bolaensis

Author

C.Runge

Chinese genus

金琥属

Chinese name

-

Primary

Thelocactus bicolor subs. bolaensis

Accepted

Thelocactus bicolor subs. bolaensis

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Description

Upright green globular stems becoming cylindrical as they age with marked ribs, 20cm tall.

Flowers

55-100 mm wide, pink with a red throat from early spring to autumn.

Spines

Dense thin white radials with pinkish central spines covering the epidermis.

Ribs

8, distinct. Tubercles rounded. Areoles with glands.

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