Echinocereus intricatus
Preis-Verz. Cact. 22 1859
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Echinocereus intricatus
Author
(Salm-Dyck) Sencke ex J.N.Haage
Chinese genus
鹿角柱属
Chinese name
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Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Seeds
Black, glossy, about 2 mm long; hilum basal but oblique.
Description
Echinopsis strigosaSN|8181]]SN|8181]], formerly Trichocereus strigosusSN|8183]]SN|8183]], is a shrubby cactus species that forms clumps to 1 metre in diameter with masses of white trumpet-shaped flowers in the summer.
Flowers
Born laterally, opening at night, funnelform, large, 14-20 cm long, and ca. 5 cm in diameter, inner petals white, outer ones salmon pink, the scales on the ovary and tube with long silky golden-yellow to brownish-yellow hairs in their axils. The insertions of stamen begin on the base of the tube or 1-2 mm above.
Spines
Numerous, all similar, very variable as to colour and length, either white, yellowish, pinkish, or reddish brown, to nearly black, sometimes with darker tips, acicular, pungent, somewhat spreading. Central spines 1-3, most often only one developed, 4-7 cm long. Radial spines 9-16, 1-5 cm long.
Ribs
15 to 18, very low, 4 to 5 mm high, obtuse.
Stem
Branches usually simple, erect, or ascending, sometimes 60 cm high, 5 to 6 cm in diameter, light green and very spiny.
Fruits
Globose, fleshy, yellow or orange, 4-6.5 cm long.
Areoles
Circular, rather large, approximate, 4 to 8 mm apart, densely white-felted when young.