Echinocereus stramineus
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Echinocereus stramineus, Rumpl. (Cereus stramineus, Engelm). Clustered in thick, irregular bunches: sts. ovoid to cylindrical, 4-8 in. long, 1½-2½ in. diam.: ribs 11-13: radial spines 7-10 (usually 8), horizontally radiate, straight or slightly curved, subulate, sharp, round or the long lower ones angled, transparent white, tolerably equal in length, about ½-¾ in. or the lower ones sometimes longer and reaching a length of 1½ in.; centrals 3-4, much longer, stronger, twisted, angled, straw-yellow to brownish, when young reddish transparent, the upper ones shortest and spreading upward, the lower ones porrect or depressed: fls. lateral, 2½-3½ in. long, bright purple-red or deep dark red, to scarlet: fr. ellipsoidal, about 1½ in. long, covered with numerous spines, purple-red. Texas to Ariz, and N. Mex. CH
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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syn. Echinocereus conglomeratus, Forst. Sts. clustered, columnar, somewhat tapering above, reaching a height of 1 ft. and 2 in. diam., light green: ribs 12-13, strongly undulate, tubercled above: radial spines 9-10, glossy, spreading, the lower pair the longest, base yellow; centrals 1-4, the lowest straight, porrect, reaching a length of 1½ in. and more, somewhat stronger than the rest. N. Mex.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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