© Valentino Vallicelli
Endangered
CITES App. II
Cactus eriacanthus
Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260. 1891 [5 Nov 1891]
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Cactus eriacanthus
Author
(Link & Otto ex Pfeiff.) Kuntze
Chinese genus
-
Chinese name
-
Primary
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Description
Plants usually solitary. Stems narrow cylindrical, 30 - 50 cm high, to 5 cm in diameter whit naked axil but densely woolly in the flowering zone. Body without latex.
Flowers
inconspicuous , greenish yellow, barely rising above the spines.
Spines
20-25 golden yellow, slightly pubescent up to 10mm long