Echinocereus pulchellus var. acanthosetus

Endangered

CITES App. II

Echinocereus pulchellus var. acanthosetus

Fl. Valle Tehuacan-Cuicatlan. 14(Cactac.) 63 (1997).

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Echinocereus

Species

Echinocereus pulchellus var. acanthosetus

Author

S.Arias & U.Guzmán

Chinese genus

鹿角柱属

Chinese name

Primary

Echinocereus pulchellus subs. acanthosetus

Accepted

Echinocereus pulchellus subs. acanthosetus

DescriptionEdit description

Description

Generally slowly clumping geophytic cacti. During drought time this species shrinks into the ground.

Roots

Tap root

Flowers

Magenta to cream-white, funnelform, on the sides at the base of the stems, up to 8 cm in diameter.

Spines

5 to 8 flailing hairlike spines.

Stem

Usually small 2-6 cm in diameter, 2-5 cm tall with 9 ribs.

Endangered

CITES App. II