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Echinocereus papillosus var. angusticeps
SB1787 Northwest Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
Flowers are extremely attractive and
pretty.
Bright yellow,
shining and silky 10-12
cm wide, with a red throat |
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Description: Basally branching, cactus, Usually erect but sometimes
prostrate and sprawling
Stem: Small, cylinder-shapedpale green stems (tan colour in full sun), up to
15cm long, 2-3cm thick; 7 to 9 notched ribs;
Spines: White to brown or yellow.
Flowers: Extremely attractive and impressive. Bright yellow, 12 cm
wide, with a red throat in early April-May.
Fruit: A small green berry covered with short bristles
Cultivation: This plant
needs good drainage,
Do not over water. They
need to be kept in a cool place during winter rest (at -5 +10°C) this is important for the flowers as well as for their health. Without
this cool winter period they normally wont get any buds. It is quite frost hardy -7 (-10)° C.
Best in full or partial sun exposure.
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The green stigma |
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Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
Family) |
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Scientific name:
Echinocereus papillosus var. angusticeps
(Clover) W.T. Marshall
1941
In: MARSHALL & BOCK. - Cactaceae: 119 (1941)
Conservation status: Listed in
CITES appendix 2.
Common Name:
- Yellow Alicoche,
- Small papillosus,
- Allicoche hedgehog cactus
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 Origin: C. papillosus comes from USA (south Texas) and Mexico (N
Tamaulipas, N Nuevo Leon )
Var. angusticeps is found in a small area of
northwestern Hidalgo County, and a very small area of adjacent Starr
County (texas).
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Taxon
synonyms:
- Cereus papillosus (LINKE ex
RUEMPLER) BERGER.
Published in: Rep.Mo.Bot.Gard.: 80 (1905)
- Echinocereus papillosus LINKE
ex HORT. F.A. HAAGE
Published in: Cacteen-Verzeichniß 37: 19 (1859) [‘papilosus’]
- Echinocereus texensis RUNGE.
Published in: M.f.K. 4: 61 (1894) nec JACOBI (1856)
- E. rungei SCHUMANN. - M.f.K. 5: 124
(1895) nom.nov. für E. texensis RUNGE
- E. angusticeps CLOVER.
Published in: Rhodera,
Vol. 37: 77 - 79, t. 327, fig, 1 & 2 (1935). Reprinted in Cact.Succ.J.
(U.S.) 7: 173 - 174, pl. 327, f. 1 (1936) syn.nov.
- E. papillosus var. giganteus
BAILEY.
Published in: Hortus II: 270 (1941) nom.nud.
- E. blanckii var. angusticeps (CLOVER)
L. BENSON.
Published in: LUNDELL et al. - Flora of Texas 2: 260 (1969)
- E. blanckii var. papillosus (LINKE ex
RUEMPLER) L. BENSON. - Published in:
Cact.Succ.J. (U.S.) 41: 126 (1969)
- E. berlandieri var. angusticeps
(CLOVER) L. BENSON.
Published in: Cact.Succ.J. (U.S.) 48: 59 (1976)
- E. berlandieri var. papillosus (LINKE
ex RUEMPLER) L. BENSON. - Published in:
Cact.Succ.J. (U.S.) 48: 59 (1976)
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