Glandulicactus mathssoni
(Syn: Glandulicactus uncinatus)

Glandulicactus mathssoni SB1449 San Luis de la Paz.

Cultivation: Somewhat sensitive to overwatering (rot prone) and slow-growing. Grow in a  mineral  cactus compost and provide good drainage. Water in moderation, it prefer a completely dry place during winter. An unheated greenhoouse would be perfect. It can survive low temperatures, approx. -7° (-12°) C. They will do their best with lots of sun and become stressed with inadequate light which could result in poor growth and unnatural shape.  Provide very good ventilation.

Reproduction: Seed.

Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms an cultivars of Glandulicactus uncinatus:

• G. uncinatus
• G. mathssonii (uncinatus)
• G. wrightii (uncinatus)

Glandulicactus mathssonii (Berge ex K.Schum.) D.J.Ferguson 1991

Scientific name:  Glandulicactus uncinatus (Galeotti) Backeberg.
Pubblished in: Beitr. Sukkulentenk. Sukkulentenpflege. 1939(2): 4. 1939.

Common Name:  Chihuahuan Fishhook Cactus Brown-Flowered Hedgehog, Catclaw Cactus, Turk's Head Cactus, Texas Hedgehog.

Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix

Synonyms:

• Echinocactus mathssonii Berge ex K.Schum. 1897
• Ferocactus mathssonii (Berge ex K.Schum.) N.P.Taylor 1979
• Ancistrocactus mathsonii (Berge ex K.Schum.) Doweld 1999

Buds are apical