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Endangered
CITES App. II
Primary
Accepted
Cereus lanosus
Bradleya 6: 86 (1988)
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Cereus lanosus
Author
(F.Ritter) P.J.Braun
Chinese genus
天轮柱属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Description
Cereus lanosusSN|7022]]SN|7022]] is a shrubby, much branched, semiprostrate cactus, to 1.5 m high. It has white flowers and reproduces by seeds or cuttings.
Note
The Latin epithet 'lanosus', woolly, refers to the distinctive long wool of the areoles.
Spines
10-14, fine, needle-like, straight, slightly pungent, orange with reddish bases, not becoming grey, 4-10 mm long hardly distinguishable as radial and central.
Ribs
5-7, to 2.5 cm high.
Stem
Long cylindrical, semi erect, blue-green, 5-7 cm in diameter.
Areoles
Round, with long lasting, white wool.