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Echinocereus pseudopectinatus
Echinocereus pseudopectinatus is a species of cactus native to Mexico and the United States.
From the article Echinocereus pseudopectinatus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Echinocereus pseudopectinatus typically grows singly with light green cylindrical shoots up to 20 cm long and 5 cm in diameter, partially hidden by spines. It has 15 to 16 slightly tuberculated ribs. The three to five protruding, whitish central spines, sometimes in two rows, are 0.5 to 1.5 cm long. The twelve to fifteen spreading, whitish radial spines are 0.9 to 1.5 cm long. The funnel-shaped flowers are magenta, appear near the tips of the shoots, and are up to 11 cm long with a diameter of 6 to 9 cm. The spherical fruits are red and thorny.
Range & habitat
Echinocereus pseudopectinatus is found in a small area in Cochise County, Arizona, USA, and in the neighboring Mexican state of Sonora between 800 and 1500 meters. The plant grows on rocky outcrops in the Chihuahuan Desert growing along with Mammillaria standleyi, Echinocereus rigidissimus and Coryphantha recurvata.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 162186.