Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
Family)
Accepted
Scientific name:
Echinomastus intertextus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
Origin:
In the
Chisos Mountains of Texas (USA) and in extreme northern Chihuahua
(Mexico).
Conservation status: Listed in
CITES appendix 2.
Habitat: grows in isolated population in the
desert grasslands and upper edge of Chihuahuan desert scrub, grassy
hills, sometimes with oaks and junipers, igneous substrates (rarely
limestone)
1100-2100 m;
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