© Valentino Vallicelli
Endangered
CITES App. II
Ferocactus tiburonensis
Cactaceae (Backeberg) 5: 2719. 1961
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Ferocactus tiburonensis
Author
(G.E.Linds.) Backeb.
Chinese genus
强刺球属
Chinese name
-
DescriptionEdit description
Description
Barrel shaped, solitary, up to to 1 m tall, 35 cm in diameter; about 21 ribs; 4 central spines in cross, the lowest one longer and flattened; awl shaped radials.
Flowers
Infundibuliform, 6 cm long, 5 cm in diameter the colour is always yellow with orange-yellow or reddish midribs. Blooming time April and May (on Tiburon Island). The fruit is fleshy, yellowish green.