Xerophyte

Description

Solitary or branching from the base

Note

The taxonomic and geographic boundaries among the segregate species or infraspecific taxa ofEchinocereus reichenbachiiSN|7575]]SN|7575]] remain nebulous and controversial. In no place do pure populations exist sympatrically, and all taxa appear completely interfertile.

Flowers

Funnelform magenta-pink close to the end of the stems of the youngest areoles, which are white and woolly. 6-12 cm in diameter. Stamen yellow; stigma green; style white. They have a spiny, woolly, funnel-shaped tube.

Spines

No central spine; Radials

Stem

Cylindrical 10-20(40) cm tall 4-10 cm in diameter;