Echinocereus viridiflorus
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Echinocereus viridiflorus, Engelm. (Cereus viridiflorus, Engelm.). Sts. solitary or only in age forming small, loose clusters, cylindrical or elongated, ellipsoidal, 3-7 in. high by 1-2 in. diam: ribs 13: radial spines 12-18, horizontally radiate, pectinate, straight or somewhat curved, subulate, the lower laterals the longest, about ½ in., translucent ruby-red, the others white: centrals usually absent, rarely 1, strong, about ¾ in. long, curved upward, red with brown point: fls. lateral, from just below the crown, broad funnelform, little more than 1 in. long: ovary and tube spiny; corolla green, with a broad darker olive-green to pink stripe down the middle of each petal: fr. ellipsoidal, about ½ in. long, greenish. Wyo. and Kans. to Texas and New Mex. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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