Cereus munzii
Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 25: 48. 1926
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Cereus munzii
Author
Parish
Chinese genus
天轮柱属
Chinese name
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Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Habit
It is a cespitose compact cactus species with very few to 60 stems crowded in cushion-like clumps.
Seeds
Rugulose.
Flowers
Campanulate, 4-7 cm long, 3-4 cm broad when expanded, cerise-pink to magenta. Perianth-segments obtuse. Floral tube and ovary clothed with clusters of unequal, white acicular spines 5-12 mm long, embedded in short, felt-like white wool.
Spines
All white to ashy grey, radials 0-16, acicular to narrowly subulate, spreading and interlocking, unequal, 2-3 cm long. Central spines 1-4, stouter than the radials, 2.5-5 cm long.
Ribs
10-20, undulate, low.
Stem
Oblong, 10-20 cm long.
Fruits
Obovoid 2-2.5 cm long, red, clothed with clusters of acicular readily deciduous spines.