Xerophyte

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.